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Speaker 1 (00:00):
An All Star Game that ends with a hitting contest
to swing off and the Rockies getting ready for the
back half of their season.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Joining us now on the KWA Common Spirit Health Hotline
is Voice of the Rockies, Jerry Shimmelt. Jerry, thank you
so much for your time. As always, let's start with
that All Star Game, because it sounds like it was
the first All Star Game to go to that swing off.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Your reaction and thoughts on how it ended, Yeah, it was.
It was the first time ever it ended that way,
which is that really interesting. I remember that being a
rule being one of the ways to get in the
All Star Game. I forgot about it though during the game,
and then the game when the American League came back
and tied the game at six, I'm thinking, oh, there's
a home run derby, a mini home run derby after
(00:39):
the game to finish this thing off. So I thought
it was great. I know there is probably some baseball
traditionists that don't like the way it ended, but I
thought it was awesome, especially for the National League to
hold on and win like they did.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
I'm hardly a traditionalist, Jerry, but I found it odd.
But at the same time, he realized it's an All
Star game. These guys have a break. They are playing real,
legitimate games in a couple of days. I don't know
how else you and it otherwise unless you end it
in a tie. And I don't think that satisfies anybody.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Yeah, and a couple of times at the end of
the time, I think that's why we've had this shootout,
this home run derby to end the game, because nobody
liked to tie. This is America, and somebody wins and
somebody loses. We don't have ties like soccer in Europe.
So I think that's the reason for the rule was, Hey,
we can't end on to tie anymore. Let's do something different.
(01:23):
And something different happened last night, and I thought it
was great.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Jerry, does the All Star Game still have the glitz
and glam and excitement it does nowadays for not just
baseball fans, but maybe sports fans that are just itching
for Yes, give me something new I can watch on
TV right now.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Yeah, I think there's a little something to that, and
I think Baseball has done a good job to kind
of promote that. What we have right now, Jean and
Baseball is a bunch of really good young players. I
mean they are not lacking for talent. I mean young
players and and older veterans like Showe Aotani are just
incredible baseball players. And guys are throwing one hundred miles
an hour. And Paul Skein starts for the National yesterday.
(02:01):
I thought that, you know, for a young phenom like
him to kind of show the world who he is,
I thought was great. So yeah, I think that baseball
does a good job displaying this talent. But there's certainly
baseball right now and not lacking for talent, and I
think that draws a lot of interest from different generations.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
As for the All Star Game itself, does it lose
any luster now because in this era of interleague play,
Because I remember as a kid growing up watching the
Altai game thinking, oh man, I get to see Jim
Rice from the Red Sox try to hit pitching from
you know, whomever you know from the Dodgers, And now
because everybody plays everybody, I maybe me don't, doesn't seem
as sexy as it used to be.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Yeah, I think that takes a little bit away from it.
I think though the idea of interleague play, Mardy outweighs
any thoughts that way. I think interleague play is vastly applauded.
I love it. You get to see every team every year,
you get to travel to a city every other year
that's in the American League if you're the Nation League,
and vice versa. So interleague play I think has been outstanding.
(02:58):
I think everybody likes that. But it does take a
little bit of that muster away from an All Star
Game because you don't get to see these guys a
lot during the season. But I think at the same time,
it's a great rule.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Jerry, let's pivot over to our Rockies here. I love
the photos that the Rockies shared of little baby Ethan
and your thoughts of Ethan Holiday now being drafted.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
Yeah, I think that's great. I think the Rockies probably
feel great about that. There were a lot of people
Gina who had Ethan Holliday as the number one player
in that draft, and he felt a number four for
the Rockies, and the first two picks were kind of crazy.
People didn't expect to see Washington and the Angels see
what they did. But the Rockies are happy about that,
and I think this guy's going to be a trebendous player.
(03:38):
From what I can tell and talking to scouts, and
I talked to some over the weekend in Cincinnati. I
think he's better that his younger brother, who was drafted
the first overall, more potential power wise. It's a position
the Rockies have probably had a A third base probably the
position the Rockies moving forward could really use some help with.
So I think they're loving the draft, especially that first pick.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
And what I'm learning, Jerry, You've probably known this at
the time. I mean, I've always known that usually shortstops
are your best athletes, but it sounds like a lot
of guys want to draft shortstops because either keep them
there or you can put him somewhere else in the infield.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Yeah, exactly right. That's usually in high school anyway. Maybe
not necessarily college, but in high school, your best player
is your shortstop or your center fielder, and he's probably
pitches at the same time. And so I think that's
kind of the trend these days. You get the best
athlete you can and then find a position for him, get
him in the minor league system. If he stays at shortstop, great,
If he doesn't, you move him to the outfield. You
(04:29):
can move him to third, which I think is probably
where Ethan Holliday is going to end up, maybe at
first base, but I'm thinking probably at third because he's
pretty good defender over there. So yeah, that's the trend.
And if you look at the first round, especially this year,
all kinds of high school shortstops taken. It was unprecedented.
Almost half the draft in that first round was shortstops.
So yeah, that's the move these days, and these shortstops
(04:51):
are getting bigger, stronger, and faster every single year.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Final question, I don't think. I don't think necessarily. I'm
trying to be optimistic that the Rocky can do work
in the first half of the season, then they can
in the second. But what do we anticipate, what would
would what should we expect as fans of the Rockies?
What do you expect to see in the second half.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Yeah, I think they're just looking for a more consistency,
especially with they're pitching. It seemed like Marty in this
first half of the year. And maybe it's because they're
twenty two and seventy four and I got to witness
all those losses, but it things like every time there's
every night there's pitching, there's no offense, and when there's offense,
there's no pitching. This never seemed to get consistently on
that same page. I think that's what they have to
(05:30):
strive for. I can tell you what this team does.
They work hard, and they try and they care and
I think as long as you're doing that, you're going
to get better because you have a bunch of young players.
So I think the baseball gods to kind of smile
on the Rockies a little bit more of the second half.
They didn't do that in the first half, in my mind,
so they just looking for more consistency. I think what'll
be interesting to see what kind of team we have
(05:51):
come August first. With the trade deadline coming up at
the end of this month. Probably it's a different faces
in that starting lineup come August one, and which I
think will also be interesting.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Voice of the Rockies, it's Jerry Shimmel.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Thanks Jerry,
An All Star Game that ends with a hitting contest
to swing off and the Rockies getting ready for the
back half of their season.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Joining us now on the KWA Common Spirit Health Hotline
is Voice of the Rockies, Jerry Shimmelt. Jerry, thank you
so much for your time. As always, let's start with
that All Star Game, because it sounds like it was
the first All Star Game to go to that swing off.
Speaker 3 (00:18):
Your reaction and thoughts on how it ended, Yeah, it was.
It was the first time ever it ended that way,
which is that really interesting. I remember that being a
rule being one of the ways to get in the
All Star Game. I forgot about it though during the game,
and then the game when the American League came back
and tied the game at six, I'm thinking, oh, there's
a home run derby, a mini home run derby after
(00:39):
the game to finish this thing off. So I thought
it was great. I know there is probably some baseball
traditionists that don't like the way it ended, but I
thought it was awesome, especially for the National League to
hold on and win like they did.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
I'm hardly a traditionalist, Jerry, but I found it odd.
But at the same time, he realized it's an All
Star game. These guys have a break. They are playing real,
legitimate games in a couple of days. I don't know
how else you and it otherwise unless you end it
in a tie. And I don't think that satisfies anybody.
Speaker 3 (01:03):
Yeah, and a couple of times at the end of
the time, I think that's why we've had this shootout,
this home run derby to end the game, because nobody
liked to tie. This is America, and somebody wins and
somebody loses. We don't have ties like soccer in Europe.
So I think that's the reason for the rule was, Hey,
we can't end on to tie anymore. Let's do something different.
(01:23):
And something different happened last night, and I thought it
was great.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Jerry, does the All Star Game still have the glitz
and glam and excitement it does nowadays for not just
baseball fans, but maybe sports fans that are just itching
for Yes, give me something new I can watch on
TV right now.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
Yeah, I think there's a little something to that, and
I think Baseball has done a good job to kind
of promote that. What we have right now, Jean and
Baseball is a bunch of really good young players. I
mean they are not lacking for talent. I mean young
players and and older veterans like Showe Aotani are just
incredible baseball players. And guys are throwing one hundred miles
an hour. And Paul Skein starts for the National yesterday.
(02:01):
I thought that, you know, for a young phenom like
him to kind of show the world who he is,
I thought was great. So yeah, I think that baseball
does a good job displaying this talent. But there's certainly
baseball right now and not lacking for talent, and I
think that draws a lot of interest from different generations.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
As for the All Star Game itself, does it lose
any luster now because in this era of interleague play,
Because I remember as a kid growing up watching the
Altai game thinking, oh man, I get to see Jim
Rice from the Red Sox try to hit pitching from
you know, whomever you know from the Dodgers, And now
because everybody plays everybody, I maybe me don't, doesn't seem
as sexy as it used to be.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Yeah, I think that takes a little bit away from it.
I think though the idea of interleague play, Mardy outweighs
any thoughts that way. I think interleague play is vastly applauded.
I love it. You get to see every team every year,
you get to travel to a city every other year
that's in the American League if you're the Nation League,
and vice versa. So interleague play I think has been outstanding.
(02:58):
I think everybody likes that. But it does take a
little bit of that muster away from an All Star
Game because you don't get to see these guys a
lot during the season. But I think at the same time,
it's a great rule.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
Jerry, let's pivot over to our Rockies here. I love
the photos that the Rockies shared of little baby Ethan
and your thoughts of Ethan Holiday now being drafted.
Speaker 3 (03:17):
Yeah, I think that's great. I think the Rockies probably
feel great about that. There were a lot of people
Gina who had Ethan Holliday as the number one player
in that draft, and he felt a number four for
the Rockies, and the first two picks were kind of crazy.
People didn't expect to see Washington and the Angels see
what they did. But the Rockies are happy about that,
and I think this guy's going to be a trebendous player.
(03:38):
From what I can tell and talking to scouts, and
I talked to some over the weekend in Cincinnati. I
think he's better that his younger brother, who was drafted
the first overall, more potential power wise. It's a position
the Rockies have probably had a A third base probably the
position the Rockies moving forward could really use some help with.
So I think they're loving the draft, especially that first pick.
Speaker 1 (03:57):
And what I'm learning, Jerry, You've probably known this at
the time. I mean, I've always known that usually shortstops
are your best athletes, but it sounds like a lot
of guys want to draft shortstops because either keep them
there or you can put him somewhere else in the infield.
Speaker 3 (04:09):
Yeah, exactly right. That's usually in high school anyway. Maybe
not necessarily college, but in high school, your best player
is your shortstop or your center fielder, and he's probably
pitches at the same time. And so I think that's
kind of the trend these days. You get the best
athlete you can and then find a position for him, get
him in the minor league system. If he stays at shortstop, great,
If he doesn't, you move him to the outfield. You
(04:29):
can move him to third, which I think is probably
where Ethan Holliday is going to end up, maybe at
first base, but I'm thinking probably at third because he's
pretty good defender over there. So yeah, that's the trend.
And if you look at the first round, especially this year,
all kinds of high school shortstops taken. It was unprecedented.
Almost half the draft in that first round was shortstops.
So yeah, that's the move these days, and these shortstops
(04:51):
are getting bigger, stronger, and faster every single year.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Final question, I don't think. I don't think necessarily. I'm
trying to be optimistic that the Rocky can do work
in the first half of the season, then they can
in the second. But what do we anticipate, what would
would what should we expect as fans of the Rockies?
What do you expect to see in the second half.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
Yeah, I think they're just looking for a more consistency,
especially with they're pitching. It seemed like Marty in this
first half of the year. And maybe it's because they're
twenty two and seventy four and I got to witness
all those losses, but it things like every time there's
every night there's pitching, there's no offense, and when there's offense,
there's no pitching. This never seemed to get consistently on
that same page. I think that's what they have to
(05:30):
strive for. I can tell you what this team does.
They work hard, and they try and they care and
I think as long as you're doing that, you're going
to get better because you have a bunch of young players.
So I think the baseball gods to kind of smile
on the Rockies a little bit more of the second half.
They didn't do that in the first half, in my mind,
so they just looking for more consistency. I think what'll
be interesting to see what kind of team we have
(05:51):
come August first. With the trade deadline coming up at
the end of this month. Probably it's a different faces
in that starting lineup come August one, and which I
think will also be interesting.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Voice of the Rockies, it's Jerry Shimmel.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
Thanks Jerry,
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