October 24, 2025 • 16 mins
Chipper Jones joins the show to chop it up with Mike "Hardball" Hardge and Mark Henry! It's all here on The Morning Kickoff!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome back to the morning kickoff right here on sports
Radio AM thirteen hundred The Zone. He's a Major League
Hall of Famer, he's a World Series champion, and he
was also named MVP. He is the one and only
Larry Wayne Jones. But you know him as Chip, a
Chip of Jones.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
That's walk out music right there, baby, He's just what.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
I used to have to listen to all the time
when I was playing left fields, playing center.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
Jones. I love it, I love it. Chip.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
How you doing, man? I know you you've been busy.
There's a lot going on in Atlanta. They're trying to
make some moves. Is Chipper Jones ready to announce that
he is going to be the manager of the Atlanta Braves.
Speaker 5 (00:54):
No, I don't know where that came from, just uh,
you know, some fans maybe, uh maybe pie in the
sky dreams.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
But now it's uh, it's too much of a commitment
for me personally.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
And to be honest with you, to to put to
put the organization or to put the pressure on a
general manager to hire me to a fireable position.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
Uh it is.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
I don't really think it's a smart move, you know,
to be honest with you, it'd be like, okay, not
to say that I'm in Hank Aaron's league, but let's
just say you hired Hank Aaron to be the manager
in a couple of years in things didn't work out
and you possibly had to go a different direction. That's
not a good that's not a good pr move, you know,
(01:50):
to be honest with you. So you know, I've got
my foot in the door about as much as I
want to right now with still with three kids here
at the house. So I'm good, you know I would.
I'm very interested to see who gets interviewed. I'm very
interested to see who is in the running for the
bravest managerial spot. But I can I can promise you this,
(02:14):
this redneck from Central Florida ain't one of them.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
What about a consulting basis, like where you can pick
your time and pick your spots.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
To work with.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
That's pretty much my my title now. I am, for
lack of a better.
Speaker 4 (02:29):
Term, major league hitting consultant.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
I'm a third set of eyes for for the guys
in the room. I don't go down there. I'm not
gonna be looking over the shoulder of the current hitting coaches.
You know, day in and day out.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
But you know, in.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Certain instances, like with Michael Harris this past season, sometimes
with with uh.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
Olie and.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Riley, I'll go down and if guys are struggling, maybe
just give a a little outside view of what I see.
Speaker 4 (03:02):
And be gone again, you know, for lack of a
better term.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Yeah, that that that right, there is something that I
know that you enjoy because obviously you're you're still connected
in the Atlanta area. You one of the only players
to play his entire career with the Atlanta Braves, so
that's good that they have you coming in and obviously
you you understand the game. You don't play as long
as you did, and being a Hall of Famer that
(03:28):
sometimes the simplification of the conversation changes the approach.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
For the hitter.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Yeah, I think, especially in this day and age, we
get caught up in a little too much intake of
the analytics and the numbers as opposed to, hey man, uh,
let's let's just worry about center and the baseball like
that's where that's where it all you.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
Know, starts and ultimately ends.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
It's just is just you know, trying to center the baseball,
and you know, sometimes a little adjustment with your hands
is in the case of Michael Harris this year, you know,
working you know, getting his hands up, you know, he's
starting him down around his chest.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
Getting him up around his ear and swinging you know,
top to bottom.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
You know, works and it gets you on plane more
and it keeps you from looping and all these things.
And you saw him really take off after after the
guys made that, you know, made that adjustment. So sometimes
it's just a little things. It's a little suggestion here
and there, and all of a sudden, you know, players
take off trivy.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
You you made a couple of comments read just now
in that last sentence where you said you don't want
to be over there looking over people's shoulder, and you
also said that you didn't want to be there in
the building all the time because both of them those
things say that sometimes people get a little antsy when
(05:03):
somebody else comes in.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
Is that?
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Is that?
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Is that your reasoning for that? Or have you heard
something from somebody?
Speaker 6 (05:12):
No, I am, I am. They want me in the
building as much as possible. But I understand, you know,
I grew up.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
The coach of a you know, high school baseball team
for thirty years he was a graduate assistant at Stetsy
University for for ten years. I understand the pecking order
and how things work, and I've seen other situations where
maybe you know, uh, guys come in and maybe the
(05:48):
hitting coach or the pitching coach feels a little uncomfortable.
The last thing I want to do is step on
anybody's toes. Normally, when I come in, it's.
Speaker 4 (05:56):
Just a visit.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
It's to say hello, is to talk to of the guys,
not necessarily in the body cage, but in the in
the locker room. I don't want anybody to feel like
I'm overstepping my boundaries, like I'm stepping on anybody's toes.
I understand how the pecking order works. When I'm asked
to come down and say you know, you know, the
hitting coach calls me, a specific player calls me and
(06:20):
asked me to come down, I'll come in and and
do my thing then, but not.
Speaker 4 (06:25):
Any other time.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
We're talking to Hall of Famer Chipper Jones as he
is enjoying an off day after he hit the golf ball.
Yesterday made a little strange money right there. I like
that about you. Dog made a little money yesterday, said
I gotta I.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
Gotta pay for seven kids. Man, I'll take that money.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Anyway, no doubt. Just don't do it. The Chauncey billups way,
We'll go keep that away from that man.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
We have to go there.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Hey, but I do want to ask you this, because
you were talking about squaring up the baseball. Two guys
that have not had a problem squaring up the baseball
is Show, Hey Otani for the Dodgers and Vladimir Guerrero
Junior of the Toronto Blue Jays. This is a big
time matchup with two teams that seem to be Obviously
you're peaking at the right time if you make it
(07:13):
to the World Series. Talk about what Show has been
able to do, not only at the plate, but delivering
to the plate by being able to stretch out a
little bit. In what you've seen from Vladimir Guerrero in
that squad.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
Well, I'll start with lad I mean, he's just a
guy who's really coming into his own right now. You're
really starting to see superstar type quality and bats and
play for vlad You know a lot of a lot
of his.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
Dad in that swing.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
But you know, the organization showed a ton of respect
for him and admiration for his game by paying him
this past year and allowing him.
Speaker 4 (08:00):
To be comfortable, and he is showing out.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
It's nice to see those middle of the lineup guys
really start to hit their stride coming to postseason and
big at bats and quality at bats. And you know,
as a guy who was hit in the middle of
the lineup, a lot of the offensive revolves around those
middle of the lineup type guys and list showing out
(08:24):
as far as show Hey man, I don't think we're
running out at this guy, you know what I mean?
He goes I think he's one for eighteen with ten
strikeouts in the Division Series and then you know, comes
out not necessarily doing much in the in the LCS either,
(08:48):
and just shows up to the ballpark one day and
has the greatest day that any of us have ever seen.
That's that stuff that we used to do when we
were like twelve years old and lily, you know, throw
throw six hitting shut piece, hit three homers, you know,
and go grab some hat full of bubble gum for
a player of the game after, you know, after us
(09:10):
all over this, and but he's doing it at baseball's
highest level, you know, And that's the most incredible thing.
I think when you see and here guys like Mookie
Vets and Freddy Freeman and two pretty good players in
and of themselves MVPs. You know, they've had their moments
in postseason. They're in all of this guy. You know,
(09:34):
they can't believe some of the things that he's doing.
He's gonna make his presence felt in this series. There's
there's no doubt one way or the other. He's gonna
hit it a couple of big homers. He's gonna throw
you know, he's gonna have a big start or two.
Speaker 4 (09:50):
You know.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
So I'm really looking forward to watching show hey, showcase
his talent on the biggest.
Speaker 4 (09:59):
Stage pop school that you know that the sport.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
Can provide as somebody who has won a World Series
and been to a couple other As you look at
this game and you start to break it down, uh
does it go seven? Are we looking at a gentleman's sweep?
Or is this gonna be one of those series that
will go down as one of the best because of
the talent on both of the team. And before you
(10:23):
answer it, would you put Bobashet in the lineup after
being out for as long as he has.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
That's that's a tough one. He's one of your studs. Yep,
he is a top of the lineup guy. But he
has been he has not been facing quality pitching for
the last month. And I can I can promise you
when you've not seen the type of pitching that he's
(10:52):
gonna see, you know, for the next month, or you know,
for the last month, you get rusty and it takes
some time for you to get back into it.
Speaker 4 (11:01):
This team is playing so well right.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
Now as is that I would have a hard time
putting him in there unless I was completely convinced that
he was seeing ninety five mile an hour pitching for
the last couple of weeks, that that he was moving
around good enough to shortstop.
Speaker 4 (11:23):
I mean, like I said, this is this is one
of your guys. Man.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
You gotta ride, ride or die with him. But as
far as the the series itself, I think these first
two games are huge. I think, uh, I think you know,
if if if LA sweeps the first two, it could
be Katie bar theador. You know, I just don't see
(11:46):
him getting out of out of you know, back to back.
Speaker 4 (11:49):
To Toronto from Los Angeles.
Speaker 3 (11:53):
If they split I like, I like a six game
series because the kid, yes to the is gonna pitch
a couple of times that I think he's the wild card,
really do, because the Dodgers have not seen him yet.
Speaker 4 (12:09):
They've seen everybody else.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
They've seen the Gosslins and the Susiers and whoever else
they got, you know, starting there in Toronto, but they
have not seen this kid.
Speaker 4 (12:18):
Talk to Smolcy the other day, who's doing the games,
who was doing.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
The American League Championship series, and he this guy is
louve Jet, you know, so kind of pulling for you know,
Toronto to come out of the gate quick. So you know,
maybe we can at least maybe think about getting it
back to Toronto and having a you know, a good
six or seven game series.
Speaker 4 (12:42):
But I like the Dodgers and five or six games
somewhere in there.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
All right, I ain't gonna hold you to that. I'm
not gonna mark you muted your muted mark. I'm not
gonna hold you to that.
Speaker 4 (12:52):
Do you think that?
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Do you think that's good for the league to have
a team that's as dominant as the If the Dodgers are,
can't the lead try to diversify this and not allow
one team that's willing to spend all the money to
do that.
Speaker 4 (13:09):
Man, that's a good question. I expected that question from
arm Man, but no great question right there.
Speaker 3 (13:20):
It's it's tough for me to as a professional athlete
to look at quote unquote super teams with a with
a ton of respect.
Speaker 4 (13:29):
But the fact of the matter is this, we are
you know, the Dodgers are a.
Speaker 3 (13:36):
Sum of what you know we have created from a
UH Players Association type situation. We refuse to have a
salary cap. The players before us didn't succumb to a
salary cap. We didn't succumb to a salary cap. Nor
will the players now. And that's why you're probably going
(13:59):
to see a work stop it's coming up. But the
facts of the matter is is the rich are going
to get richerd you know, I mean being in LA
and having a lot of Japanese talent coming over from
the Japanese League.
Speaker 4 (14:14):
Where do you want to play? You don't want to
play in the.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
On the East coach won't play on the West coast,
you know, And the Dodgers house have the money to pay.
You're going to see the teams in the big markets
LA New York Chicago continue to flourish because quite frankly,
they have more money to spend than anybody else.
Speaker 4 (14:33):
And that's why you know a number.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
Of the next championships are going to come from those cities.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
Well, it's funny that you say that before we let
you go, because Mark is a Yankees fan, so therefore
he understands what the evil empire.
Speaker 4 (14:49):
And he's mad.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
His team is not participating with all the money they spent.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
Hey, I'm coming with it. If you think that good
is evil, then I mean, yeah, you're right about that.
And that's the thing, you know. I mean, look, there's
only two teams that can play for.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
It every year, and Toronto just kind of hit the
sky this year, or us we'd have another New York
LA World Series again. And to be honest with you,
you know, Harts and I we text all the time.
He has my picks, you know. A while back, and
I was like, man, part of me wants, you know,
kind of San Diego Detroit, you know, kind of a
(15:30):
redo of nineteen eighty four World Series. And then I
texted back about five minutes later said I'm just kidding, man,
lay you know, so you know, Toronto is a bit
of a surprise, and I'm sure I can say this
pretty positively.
Speaker 4 (15:52):
Outside of Los Angeles.
Speaker 3 (15:54):
I'm pretty sure everybody's root for Toronto to win this series.
Speaker 4 (15:58):
I could promise you that percent.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
There he is the man, the myth, the legend, Hall
of Famer, Chipper Jones bringing us the analysis.
Speaker 4 (16:07):
Thanks buddy, appreciate you my pleasure. Guys, love y'all appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
There he is our god, Chipper Jones. Coming up next,
we got a quick, quick, and when I say quick,
I mean quick, world's strongest take right here on the
morning kick off on Sports Radio AM thirteen hundred The Zone,
Welcome back to the morning kickoff right here on sports
Radio AM thirteen hundred The Zone. He's a Major League
Hall of Famer, he's a World Series champion, and he
was also named MVP. He is the one and only
Larry Wayne Jones. But you know him as Chip, a
Chip of Jones.
Speaker 2 (00:21):
That's walk out music right there, baby, He's just what.
Speaker 3 (00:26):
I used to have to listen to all the time
when I was playing left fields, playing center.
Speaker 4 (00:35):
Jones. I love it, I love it. Chip.
Speaker 1 (00:41):
How you doing, man? I know you you've been busy.
There's a lot going on in Atlanta. They're trying to
make some moves. Is Chipper Jones ready to announce that
he is going to be the manager of the Atlanta Braves.
Speaker 5 (00:54):
No, I don't know where that came from, just uh,
you know, some fans maybe, uh maybe pie in the
sky dreams.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
But now it's uh, it's too much of a commitment
for me personally.
Speaker 4 (01:12):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (01:12):
And to be honest with you, to to put to
put the organization or to put the pressure on a
general manager to hire me to a fireable position.
Speaker 4 (01:25):
Uh it is.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
I don't really think it's a smart move, you know,
to be honest with you, it'd be like, okay, not
to say that I'm in Hank Aaron's league, but let's
just say you hired Hank Aaron to be the manager
in a couple of years in things didn't work out
and you possibly had to go a different direction. That's
not a good that's not a good pr move, you know,
(01:50):
to be honest with you. So you know, I've got
my foot in the door about as much as I
want to right now with still with three kids here
at the house. So I'm good, you know I would.
I'm very interested to see who gets interviewed. I'm very
interested to see who is in the running for the
bravest managerial spot. But I can I can promise you this,
(02:14):
this redneck from Central Florida ain't one of them.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
What about a consulting basis, like where you can pick
your time and pick your spots.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
To work with.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
That's pretty much my my title now. I am, for
lack of a better.
Speaker 4 (02:29):
Term, major league hitting consultant.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
I'm a third set of eyes for for the guys
in the room. I don't go down there. I'm not
gonna be looking over the shoulder of the current hitting coaches.
You know, day in and day out.
Speaker 4 (02:46):
But you know, in.
Speaker 3 (02:47):
Certain instances, like with Michael Harris this past season, sometimes
with with uh.
Speaker 4 (02:53):
Olie and.
Speaker 3 (02:55):
Riley, I'll go down and if guys are struggling, maybe
just give a a little outside view of what I see.
Speaker 4 (03:02):
And be gone again, you know, for lack of a
better term.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
Yeah, that that that right, there is something that I
know that you enjoy because obviously you're you're still connected
in the Atlanta area. You one of the only players
to play his entire career with the Atlanta Braves, so
that's good that they have you coming in and obviously
you you understand the game. You don't play as long
as you did, and being a Hall of Famer that
(03:28):
sometimes the simplification of the conversation changes the approach.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
For the hitter.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
Yeah, I think, especially in this day and age, we
get caught up in a little too much intake of
the analytics and the numbers as opposed to, hey man, uh,
let's let's just worry about center and the baseball like
that's where that's where it all you.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
Know, starts and ultimately ends.
Speaker 3 (03:58):
It's just is just you know, trying to center the baseball,
and you know, sometimes a little adjustment with your hands
is in the case of Michael Harris this year, you know,
working you know, getting his hands up, you know, he's
starting him down around his chest.
Speaker 4 (04:14):
Getting him up around his ear and swinging you know,
top to bottom.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
You know, works and it gets you on plane more
and it keeps you from looping and all these things.
And you saw him really take off after after the
guys made that, you know, made that adjustment. So sometimes
it's just a little things. It's a little suggestion here
and there, and all of a sudden, you know, players
take off trivy.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
You you made a couple of comments read just now
in that last sentence where you said you don't want
to be over there looking over people's shoulder, and you
also said that you didn't want to be there in
the building all the time because both of them those
things say that sometimes people get a little antsy when
(05:03):
somebody else comes in.
Speaker 4 (05:05):
Is that?
Speaker 3 (05:06):
Is that?
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Is that your reasoning for that? Or have you heard
something from somebody?
Speaker 6 (05:12):
No, I am, I am. They want me in the
building as much as possible. But I understand, you know,
I grew up.
Speaker 3 (05:22):
The coach of a you know, high school baseball team
for thirty years he was a graduate assistant at Stetsy
University for for ten years. I understand the pecking order
and how things work, and I've seen other situations where
maybe you know, uh, guys come in and maybe the
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hitting coach or the pitching coach feels a little uncomfortable.
The last thing I want to do is step on
anybody's toes. Normally, when I come in, it's.
Speaker 4 (05:56):
Just a visit.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
It's to say hello, is to talk to of the guys,
not necessarily in the body cage, but in the in
the locker room. I don't want anybody to feel like
I'm overstepping my boundaries, like I'm stepping on anybody's toes.
I understand how the pecking order works. When I'm asked
to come down and say you know, you know, the
hitting coach calls me, a specific player calls me and
(06:20):
asked me to come down, I'll come in and and
do my thing then, but not.
Speaker 4 (06:25):
Any other time.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
We're talking to Hall of Famer Chipper Jones as he
is enjoying an off day after he hit the golf ball.
Yesterday made a little strange money right there. I like
that about you. Dog made a little money yesterday, said
I gotta I.
Speaker 4 (06:40):
Gotta pay for seven kids. Man, I'll take that money.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Anyway, no doubt. Just don't do it. The Chauncey billups way,
We'll go keep that away from that man.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
We have to go there.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
Hey, but I do want to ask you this, because
you were talking about squaring up the baseball. Two guys
that have not had a problem squaring up the baseball
is Show, Hey Otani for the Dodgers and Vladimir Guerrero
Junior of the Toronto Blue Jays. This is a big
time matchup with two teams that seem to be Obviously
you're peaking at the right time if you make it
(07:13):
to the World Series. Talk about what Show has been
able to do, not only at the plate, but delivering
to the plate by being able to stretch out a
little bit. In what you've seen from Vladimir Guerrero in
that squad.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
Well, I'll start with lad I mean, he's just a
guy who's really coming into his own right now. You're
really starting to see superstar type quality and bats and
play for vlad You know a lot of a lot
of his.
Speaker 4 (07:46):
Dad in that swing.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
But you know, the organization showed a ton of respect
for him and admiration for his game by paying him
this past year and allowing him.
Speaker 4 (08:00):
To be comfortable, and he is showing out.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
It's nice to see those middle of the lineup guys
really start to hit their stride coming to postseason and
big at bats and quality at bats. And you know,
as a guy who was hit in the middle of
the lineup, a lot of the offensive revolves around those
middle of the lineup type guys and list showing out
(08:24):
as far as show Hey man, I don't think we're
running out at this guy, you know what I mean?
He goes I think he's one for eighteen with ten
strikeouts in the Division Series and then you know, comes
out not necessarily doing much in the in the LCS either,
(08:48):
and just shows up to the ballpark one day and
has the greatest day that any of us have ever seen.
That's that stuff that we used to do when we
were like twelve years old and lily, you know, throw
throw six hitting shut piece, hit three homers, you know,
and go grab some hat full of bubble gum for
a player of the game after, you know, after us
(09:10):
all over this, and but he's doing it at baseball's
highest level, you know, And that's the most incredible thing.
I think when you see and here guys like Mookie
Vets and Freddy Freeman and two pretty good players in
and of themselves MVPs. You know, they've had their moments
in postseason. They're in all of this guy. You know,
(09:34):
they can't believe some of the things that he's doing.
He's gonna make his presence felt in this series. There's
there's no doubt one way or the other. He's gonna
hit it a couple of big homers. He's gonna throw
you know, he's gonna have a big start or two.
Speaker 4 (09:50):
You know.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
So I'm really looking forward to watching show hey, showcase
his talent on the biggest.
Speaker 4 (09:59):
Stage pop school that you know that the sport.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
Can provide as somebody who has won a World Series
and been to a couple other As you look at
this game and you start to break it down, uh
does it go seven? Are we looking at a gentleman's sweep?
Or is this gonna be one of those series that
will go down as one of the best because of
the talent on both of the team. And before you
(10:23):
answer it, would you put Bobashet in the lineup after
being out for as long as he has.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
That's that's a tough one. He's one of your studs. Yep,
he is a top of the lineup guy. But he
has been he has not been facing quality pitching for
the last month. And I can I can promise you
when you've not seen the type of pitching that he's
(10:52):
gonna see, you know, for the next month, or you know,
for the last month, you get rusty and it takes
some time for you to get back into it.
Speaker 4 (11:01):
This team is playing so well right.
Speaker 3 (11:04):
Now as is that I would have a hard time
putting him in there unless I was completely convinced that
he was seeing ninety five mile an hour pitching for
the last couple of weeks, that that he was moving
around good enough to shortstop.
Speaker 4 (11:23):
I mean, like I said, this is this is one
of your guys. Man.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
You gotta ride, ride or die with him. But as
far as the the series itself, I think these first
two games are huge. I think, uh, I think you know,
if if if LA sweeps the first two, it could
be Katie bar theador. You know, I just don't see
(11:46):
him getting out of out of you know, back to back.
Speaker 4 (11:49):
To Toronto from Los Angeles.
Speaker 3 (11:53):
If they split I like, I like a six game
series because the kid, yes to the is gonna pitch
a couple of times that I think he's the wild card,
really do, because the Dodgers have not seen him yet.
Speaker 4 (12:09):
They've seen everybody else.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
They've seen the Gosslins and the Susiers and whoever else
they got, you know, starting there in Toronto, but they
have not seen this kid.
Speaker 4 (12:18):
Talk to Smolcy the other day, who's doing the games,
who was doing.
Speaker 3 (12:23):
The American League Championship series, and he this guy is
louve Jet, you know, so kind of pulling for you know,
Toronto to come out of the gate quick. So you know,
maybe we can at least maybe think about getting it
back to Toronto and having a you know, a good
six or seven game series.
Speaker 4 (12:42):
But I like the Dodgers and five or six games
somewhere in there.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
All right, I ain't gonna hold you to that. I'm
not gonna mark you muted your muted mark. I'm not
gonna hold you to that.
Speaker 4 (12:52):
Do you think that?
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Do you think that's good for the league to have
a team that's as dominant as the If the Dodgers are,
can't the lead try to diversify this and not allow
one team that's willing to spend all the money to
do that.
Speaker 4 (13:09):
Man, that's a good question. I expected that question from
arm Man, but no great question right there.
Speaker 3 (13:20):
It's it's tough for me to as a professional athlete
to look at quote unquote super teams with a with
a ton of respect.
Speaker 4 (13:29):
But the fact of the matter is this, we are
you know, the Dodgers are a.
Speaker 3 (13:36):
Sum of what you know we have created from a
UH Players Association type situation. We refuse to have a
salary cap. The players before us didn't succumb to a
salary cap. We didn't succumb to a salary cap. Nor
will the players now. And that's why you're probably going
(13:59):
to see a work stop it's coming up. But the
facts of the matter is is the rich are going
to get richerd you know, I mean being in LA
and having a lot of Japanese talent coming over from
the Japanese League.
Speaker 4 (14:14):
Where do you want to play? You don't want to
play in the.
Speaker 3 (14:16):
On the East coach won't play on the West coast,
you know, And the Dodgers house have the money to pay.
You're going to see the teams in the big markets
LA New York Chicago continue to flourish because quite frankly,
they have more money to spend than anybody else.
Speaker 4 (14:33):
And that's why you know a number.
Speaker 3 (14:36):
Of the next championships are going to come from those cities.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
Well, it's funny that you say that before we let
you go, because Mark is a Yankees fan, so therefore
he understands what the evil empire.
Speaker 4 (14:49):
And he's mad.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
His team is not participating with all the money they spent.
Speaker 4 (14:55):
Hey, I'm coming with it. If you think that good
is evil, then I mean, yeah, you're right about that.
And that's the thing, you know. I mean, look, there's
only two teams that can play for.
Speaker 3 (15:09):
It every year, and Toronto just kind of hit the
sky this year, or us we'd have another New York
LA World Series again. And to be honest with you,
you know, Harts and I we text all the time.
He has my picks, you know. A while back, and
I was like, man, part of me wants, you know,
kind of San Diego Detroit, you know, kind of a
(15:30):
redo of nineteen eighty four World Series. And then I
texted back about five minutes later said I'm just kidding, man,
lay you know, so you know, Toronto is a bit
of a surprise, and I'm sure I can say this
pretty positively.
Speaker 4 (15:52):
Outside of Los Angeles.
Speaker 3 (15:54):
I'm pretty sure everybody's root for Toronto to win this series.
Speaker 4 (15:58):
I could promise you that percent.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
There he is the man, the myth, the legend, Hall
of Famer, Chipper Jones bringing us the analysis.
Speaker 4 (16:07):
Thanks buddy, appreciate you my pleasure. Guys, love y'all appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (16:11):
There he is our god, Chipper Jones. Coming up next,
we got a quick, quick, and when I say quick,
I mean quick, world's strongest take right here on the
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