December 2, 2024 • 33 mins
As we recap the baseball season's highs and lows, the camaraderie between us shines through with friendly banter and spirited predictions. Our take on Garrett Cole's playoff feats and contract extensions is bound to bring a smile, just before diving into Juan Soto's uncertain journey with the Yankees and the complex world of qualifying offers.
The MLB offseason is heating up, and we're here to speculate on all the intriguing possibilities. The Yankees' surprising moves, including passing on Gleyber Torres, spark a discussion on potential outfield shifts. Financial strategies and player options, like Jordan Montgomery's decision, add layers to our analysis. The future of Alex Bregman and the dynamics between owners and players create a fascinating narrative as we anticipate free agency moves.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, I hear that Aaron Judge, though, is going to
be helping out during the NewYear's festivities at Times
Square.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Oh yeah, why is that?
Tell me.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
He's going to be helping them drop the ball.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Oh Yay, you see anybody there just so you guys
(00:33):
know I'm recording, so no, oneget.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Get a cut off card now.
It's all fair game now, boysand girls.
How about the port?
How about the?
Uh, the redding whoopies?
Who did it first beforeportland?
Speaker 3 (00:39):
I was just about to say that.
Speaker 4 (00:41):
Okay, bye, yeah well, val, you need to get to that
store because they have all thecosmic brownie, about to say
that, okay, I bet.
Speaker 5 (00:47):
Well, val, you need to get to that store because
they have all the Cosmic Browniemerch that you would want.
They had towels, they hadshirts, they had socks, they had
all kinds of stuff, socks.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
Where is this at again?
Speaker 5 (00:57):
In Chattanooga, Tennessee.
That's where.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
Little Debbie was founded.
I need to go to a lookouts gameanyway, that's perfect.
Speaker 5 (01:06):
Yeah, apparently their new stadium's not going to
be ready next year, so they'regoing to have to play in the old
stadium one more season.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Oh darn.
So I have to tell you all, Ihad almost a three-hour drive
today and I got to hear yourwonderful voices on the many
wonderful podcasts that yourepresent, and you got me
through a three-hour drive there, uh, very painlessly, so I very
much appreciate it.
Uh, so much quality content didyou uh did you uh get to enjoy
stadium food?
Speaker 2 (01:36):
girl wearing a wonderful hat.
Yes, I sure did yes I sure did.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
And um and also, uh, getting to hear her name
mentioned on the show before theshow podcast, I was like what
is she charging for?
Autographs now?
That's that.
That's what I want to know islike what you know, she's a
somebody obviously so, but thankyou so much for that.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
I will say, though, um to say I was not jealous
would be a lie.
To say I was jealous is anunderstatement.
Mr Paul Caputo's biography damnnear biography given by Tyler
Mon on the pod, must be nice.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
Well, I mean, this sounds really bad.
Don't do it.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
This is why you don't say things like that, because
now his head is going to be toobig.
Walk around, sorry, you know hehas his own mute.
He doesn't even.
Is this thing on?
Is this on?
I bet you, his headphones isnot working.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
Look at him he's simultaneously writing another
article for sportslogosnet.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
You're on mute, my friend.
You're muted, paul.
You muted yourself.
There you are, paul, you canhear.
Go ahead, say something.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
I think it's working.
Am I good?
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Wow, sure there he is .
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Am I good?
Is this thing on?
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Listen, we're only in tip-top shape on this.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
We're so professional we are.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
We are so professional.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
What the hell is going on in StreamYard here, but
I don't have this problem inStreamYard.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
This is StreamYard.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
I see Pat laughing.
I can't hear Pat laughing.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Because he hasn't said anything.
Speaker 5 (03:22):
Can you hear me, Paul ?
Paul, can you hear me Can?
Speaker 3 (03:25):
you you hear me, paul , paul can you hear me?
Speaker 5 (03:27):
yes, yeah we can hear you.
Speaker 4 (03:28):
Yeah, but I can hear us professionals, we're
professionals so don't repeat it, don't repeat what I just said
then, oh, I'm going to.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
It's too late.
It's going to be on the podcast.
You know I'm going to be like.
I'm going to put that as asnippet at the beginning.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
About our audio issues on your podcast.
It's fine.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
It's working now.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Just like we put your little mishap at the beginning
of the intro for the podcast.
I was trying so hard to put itin.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
Oakland's biggest baseball fan by wearing a Las
Vegas A's hat to the interview.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
I did not think, I did not think about it.
We're literally going to talkto a guy who's going to rant
about his thoughts and I'mwearing a Las Vegas A's hat, all
proud.
I'm smiling, I'm so excited,I'm like yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
So what you guys didn't get to see, though, which
is the best part.
So what you guys didn't get tosee, though, which is the best
part is the facial expressionsthat she was making, as that she
was realizing that she's likeoh shit she realized she was the
trigger at that moment, whenshe went into her explanation, I
(04:42):
almost drove off the road.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
I was laughing so hard because it was.
It was just such good content,it was great.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Speaking of.
By the way, did you guys seethat they removed the Oakland
name altogether?
Speaker 4 (04:57):
Just the athletics.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Nope, cannot hear you , paul.
So, you know what it is, guys.
You know what it is, guys.
You know what it is, why he'smessing up so much.
He doesn't have a hat on yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
Yeah, I'll have to show you something.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Go for it.
Oh, the Arizona Fall Leaguet-shirt.
This is my favorite shirt.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
I've washed it and worn it at least once every week
since the Fall League.
It's got this big oh that'scool.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
This is my favorite shirt ever.
Speaker 4 (05:36):
It's my most favorite shirt.
I bought a cigar cactus t-shirttoo, but this is my most
favorite shirt right now.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
You mean that one right there?
Look at that hat.
Look at that hat.
Curve it, curve it.
There we go.
Speaker 4 (05:49):
Hell yes, what do you think about that material?
I was like I don't know if hesees this up close, but it's
like that mesh material.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Yeah, you like that.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Oh, 90s style.
I was going to say that's theold school mesh material.
Speaker 5 (06:04):
Yeah, okay.
Yeah, this is like old footballjersey mesh material.
I love it.
Thank you very much for gettingthese for me, by the way.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Yeah, of course so definitely I'm going to have to
work with Eric on this one,because he wants me to find some
heads for him on that one.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Well, I wish Eric would stop talking so much.
My gosh Just, you know.
Speaker 6 (06:34):
Just talking as much as Paul is.
Paul, your computer is on mute.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
I tried to unmute you , but it says, and I how about?
Speaker 1 (06:42):
now?
There it is.
You know what I had to do, whatI had to turn off my phone.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
I had to like literally shut down my phone.
It did it again.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
Mine did that a couple of weeks ago.
Paul, I know exactly whatyou're talking about.
I was yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
Well, here's the thing, though it did that, uh,
on the Brock Meyer recordingrecording.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Yeah For himself.
I just had my phone in mypocket and I kept trying to
change the microphone, changethe microphone, and I was just
like no.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
I won't.
It's because you have yourphone connected to your laptop.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Not on purpose.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
If you say so.
Youtube doesn't do this.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
I had a 45-minute interview with the Winnipeg Gold
Eyes earlier tonight.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
I want to keep calling them the Golden Eyes I
know they.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
He just said that actually in the interview.
He's like yeah, we're not apierce brosnan james bond movie.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
They should anyways, yeah, guys, are we ready to to
roll with this can't waitabsolutely let's do it all right
.
Here we go, me, me, me, me, me,me.
I haven't drank enough watertoday, absolutely.
Let's do it All right.
Here we go, me, me, me, me, me,me.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
I haven't drank enough water today.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Me.
Neither Got to have a beer.
By the way, I did try the newMonster Guava Zero sugar.
Let me tell you, yummy yummyAre they sponsoring?
No, but they should.
Are you getting a?
Speaker 1 (08:08):
kickback for mentioning this.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
I wish they should, I wish they would.
But you know how this goes.
They haven't.
But it's okay, They'll give usa call eventually when we get
nice and famous, except for Eric.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
Oh, hey, eric, where's the musical intro?
The listeners?
Speaker 2 (08:27):
I know right, Is anybody there Is anybody there.
All right.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
All right, all right, all right.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Well, welcome everyone to yet another episode
of the Data Chronicles.
My name is Ed and with me, asalways, my co-host, my good
friend Stadium Food Girl Val.
What's going on, girl?
Speaker 4 (08:45):
hi, I'm doing great.
I'm so excited we have a fullhouse today.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
I know.
I know this is gonna beexciting.
We have, uh, we have, uh uh,the co-hosts of the that I
chronicle sports show.
And then you know some guy whois like some some famous author,
right, you know, who wrote abook, decided to write a book
about you.
You know minor league baseball.
You know he keeps gettingmentioned on minor league
podcasts and things like that,whatever.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
What's up, guys?
When are we starting therecording?
Speaker 2 (09:16):
We haven't started yet.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
New York Times bestselling author.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
We got Patrick Larson , we got Donnie Wise, eric
Prophet and Mr Paul Caputo.
Gentlemen and lady, how'severybody doing tonight?
Doing, great, doing well Doingawesome.
First of all, thank you all ofyou for doing this on very short
notice.
This was my mess up.
First of all, I want to saythis because I thought that we
had a someone already scheduled,but I totally forgot that it
(09:45):
was not this week, it was nextweek.
It was my mess up, whichactually it ended up working out
, because I've been wanting todo this episode.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
The message here is that we are the second through
fifth choices for who you'drather be talking to tonight,
more about tenth, more abouttenth.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Okay, so let's be honest.
Speaker 5 (10:08):
If you don't feel love now, then you'll never feel
love.
We're the backup to the backup,to the backup.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
I'd rather be with you guys than the finest people
in the world.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Yeah, right, but I do feel the love because you guys
all agreed, except for Eric.
He goes like I don't know.
Let me think about it eric.
Speaker 5 (10:30):
He's like I may have some other plans.
Speaker 3 (10:31):
Let me see which I like.
I think what he actually saidis that if patrick shows up, I
will not show up.
So can we talk about donnie'shat.
Speaker 5 (10:38):
Right now, donnie's hat is spectacular it really is
man like yeah, yeah, this isthanks to Val Val picked this up
for me when she was at theArizona Fall League.
She got me this one, and shegot me the Salt River.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Rafters which, by the way, at the time of this
recording, we are less than aweek away, Paul.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
We are, we're days away from being at the Arizona.
Fall Stars game.
Speaker 6 (11:03):
Do you think he's actually going to show?
Speaker 1 (11:06):
We'll see.
We'll see, I'm gonna show up.
Speaker 6 (11:08):
I'm gonna show up yeah, so so you said a month ago
yeah, what's the weather looklike in north carolina, you know
?
Speaker 2 (11:15):
what's funny, but I've actually been looking at
the weather, yeah, so, by theway, tropical depression forming
uh in the, uh in the caribbean,by the way, just so you guys
know.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
Okay, standing by, yeah stay tuned in a couple
weeks for the way, just so youguys know Standing by.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
Stay tuned in a couple weeks for the Dad Hat
Travel Chronicles.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Right, we're going to have another sad episode of Ed
saying he's sorry he couldn'thave been there.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
As my friends just so happily been talking about the
fun times that they had.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
We'll be having beer and wings with Sam Dykstra.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
Shout out to Eric Prophet.
You know what he got me one ofthe pins.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
I wish he could be here tonight.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
The Golden Knights Appreciate you.
This is a pretty cool one man.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
Man, what a guy.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
I'm never going to take it off of here.
I'm going to leave it the wayit is.
That's pretty cool.
Speaker 3 (12:05):
It's beautiful what you do for friends that hate
each other, isn't?
Speaker 6 (12:07):
it.
We hate each other to the bone.
What else did I say?
Is that a surprise?
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Where is that?
Speaker 6 (12:15):
hat In the trash For the listener at home.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
No listen.
You know what's bad.
I'm getting as bad as Patrick.
I have a box.
Bad as Patrick.
I have a box full of hats.
Speaker 4 (12:28):
I was going to wear that hat tonight.
I was going to wear that hattonight.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
My Whataburger Whataburger hat.
It's right here.
It's beautiful, love it.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
I was going to say I really, really wish, and I guess
I need to do what Donnie doesand go on eBay.
But I need that same cigarcactus hat and a dad hat.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
They don't have any there they don't have a lot of
dad hats, which is kind of.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Ranger.
Amy and I were there, I want tosay two years ago for the
championship game, and, man,this store was picked over and
all the t-shirts were like thedry wicking t-shirts.
It wasn't like a regular cottonshirt, and so I just I can't
wear those for more than like anhour and a half without you
(13:15):
know getting itchy.
Yeah, no, it's not theitchiness, it just sweat them up
.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
Yeah, well, they're meant for working out, you know.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
Yeah.
So I want one that I can weararound and be like.
Look, I was at the Arizona fallleague.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
Look at me oh cool, Look at me.
All right guys.
Major league baseball seasoncame to an end.
All right guys.
Major League Baseball seasoncame to an end.
It was in a very exciting yearA lot of highs, A lot of lows, A
lot of what the was that youknow, yeah, and a lot of are
(13:52):
they for real, an actual team,and it ended and.
Speaker 4 (13:56):
I was not pleased with the results.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Your team, out of all the teams that we root on this
podcast at this moment, was theone that made it the furthest in
the in the playoffs.
So yeah, um, forgive me if wedo not share in your sadness hey
, what did um?
Speaker 1 (14:12):
what did garrett cole have in common with me on a
date in high school?
Speaker 2 (14:17):
What.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Not even making it to first base.
Oh, I knew that was coming.
Speaker 4 (14:27):
I don't know why.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
I thought that that was going to be what you were
going to say which, by the way,congrats to Garrett Cole, though
he signed a nice littleextension $144 million, oh yeah,
hey.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
I hear that Aaron Judge, though, is going to be
helping out during the NewYear's festivities at Times
Square.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
Oh yeah, why is that?
Tell me.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
He's going to be helping them drop the ball.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
Oh.
Speaker 6 (14:49):
Yay, is this Patrick Larson Jr over here.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
What are we doing?
Wow, what Is this?
Patrick Larson Jr over here.
Speaker 5 (14:58):
What are we doing?
Wow, what are we doing?
He says the middle row is justfull of the craziness tonight
and I haven't even said anythingyet I know right.
Speaker 4 (15:08):
I want to touch on, since we're talking New York
Yankees.
We still don't know where JuanSoto is ending up.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
Not a Yankee.
Speaker 4 (15:18):
Yes, very true.
But on that same note, I didsee that today is the deadline
for qualifying offers and itwhen I was reading I don't know
why it's a lot more complex thanI thought it was.
Apparently they have to havebeen in order for them to be.
Um, I guess, for it to be likea mutual thing with with the
team coming in and saying like,yes, we want to continue this,
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they have to have been with theteam for the entire season and
cannot have had qualifyingoffers from other teams.
And I was like I watch thesport, why can't I think of a
guy who fits this example?
So I saw that Teoscar Hernandezis one of those guys that
qualifies for this, and WalkerBueller, um, so Hernandez.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
By the way, he earned that one but I don't think he's
gonna.
Speaker 4 (16:08):
I mean, I guess yeah.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
I missed Teoscar.
Speaker 4 (16:14):
Um, I, interestingly enough, though, I feel like he's
not going to stay in la,because I feel like the dodgers
like breaking to do things thatlike break the news, that are
like what gets big, bold lettersin, like the newspapers, and I
don't feel like signing tayoscar hernandez is going to do
that for them.
Plus, on top of that, they getlike an extra, like a draft pick
.
If they like, let don't signhim.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
So I feel like yeah, but man, I mean, if I'm the
dodgers, why would you not wantto bring it?
I'll bring all the whole teamback right.
Speaker 4 (16:45):
I mean just like it's the same formula all over again
, which is why I was really sadthat we didn't keep monty, but
seeing how we're the healthy, wehealthy, shohei Otani Right.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
So let's not forget that Shohei Otani is going to be
healthy and pitching, so holyman.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
Do you think they'd bring him back as a pitcher?
Do you think he pitches?
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (17:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
Why wouldn't you?
Speaker 4 (17:06):
I think he was just out for a year with his injury.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
But he had such a dominating offensive year.
Not worrying about pitching, Idon't know.
Speaker 4 (17:15):
But he only played what DH really yeah, and he's
shown that he could do both.
I mean, I don't know if youguys remember last season, when
the angels and tigers playedeach other in a double header.
He pitched and then 30 minuteslater he was on the batting
lineup.
Well, not only did he pitch andbat, but then he didn't pitch
him and still was on the lineup.
Speaker 5 (17:38):
They have to do it in order to justify the contract,
or at least they have to try itno, they don't.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
Are you kidding me?
Those good, who was it therewas like, uh, it was like he was
.
They got him for 700 milliondollars, right, but the dodgers
are getting well over $2.4billion in revenue because of
Shohei Otani.
They're fine with him justbeing at DH if they want to and
well overpaid DH, but they'refine because they're getting a
(18:04):
lot of money in return.
You know what I mean?
The whole Japan market alone byitself.
Yeah, I guess that's true.
Speaker 3 (18:11):
The Dodgers' first order of business is to make
sure that they retain Will Smith, because this is the fifth year
in a row that a team withsomeone named Will Smith won a
World Series.
Speaker 1 (18:21):
See, that's the best stat of the broadcast so far.
Speaker 4 (18:24):
Congratulations.
I think he's locked in for 10years, so they're good.
Speaker 3 (18:29):
Yeah, I think he's good.
Just make sure they don't tradehim.
Speaker 2 (18:31):
Yeah, all right, I'm going to ask you guys so far,
and I'm going to them.
Yeah, all right, I'm gonna askyou guys so far, and then we're,
I'm gonna, I'm gonna do alittle this, a little backwards,
but so far, biggest news of theoff season so far for you guys.
As of today, which is, by theway, uh, november 4th.
Okay, so as of today, november4th, what's the biggest news for
you guys?
Speaker 1 (18:54):
the phillies have, uh , three new owners.
Three new owners.
Well, they three.
John middleton is still theprimary owner of the team, but
they have a minority um and uhyeah and I just think that, uh,
you know, they're gonna help usbring in juan soto, all that
extra influx of cash there Idon't see him in uh phillies
(19:14):
college, just so you know.
Well, where do you see him?
In Cleveland.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
No, god, no.
The ownership in Cleveland ischeap as all hell.
Speaker 1 (19:21):
I didn't mean to lash out at you, Ed.
I'm sorry.
How dare you.
Speaker 4 (19:26):
I'm going to say for me only because I'm thinking
with my Rangers hat on, eventhough it's not a Rangers hat
Jorge Siler to the Angels andplus, that happened the same
night.
Speaker 2 (19:37):
Very quiet too.
We're just going to throw thisin in there.
That was a pretty good one.
Speaker 6 (19:44):
What about you, eric?
For me, the Kansas City Royalsre-signed Michael Waka.
I think that was a pretty goodget to shore up the I think he's
two years with a third yearplayer option, so we'll have a
couple years and then obviouslywe have lugo and reagan, so
that'll be the still good topthree, so that's kind of a big
(20:06):
priority.
So I'm glad to see theyre-signed him.
I like that.
Speaker 1 (20:09):
I went I like that I saw michael waka throw eight and
two-thirds innings of ano-hitter in st lou.
And it was ruined by the guysitting in front of me at the
game who said you want to see ano hitter or no, have you ever
seen a no hitter?
Cause you're about to.
And then the next hit was alittle chopper dribbler over the
pitcher's head that went for aninfield single.
Speaker 6 (20:30):
Was that the one where they started doing the
wave?
Speaker 2 (20:33):
Yes they were doing the wave.
Speaker 1 (20:38):
Yes, they were doing the eighth inning.
Here we go, here we go, here wego.
St louis baseball fans deserveevery bad thing that happens to
them, and that was one of themdoing the wave.
Doing the wave in the middle ofthe eighth inning of a no
hitter, come on listen I don'tcare how you feel if you were
doing anything.
If you're doing anything otherthan watching the baseball game
during a no hithitter, youdeserve what you get.
Speaker 2 (20:59):
Okay, I'll give you that During a no-hitter.
Yeah, you got to pay attentionduring a no-hitter.
Speaker 6 (21:03):
I don't care if it's 49-0, we don't do the wave.
Yes, we do, yes, we do.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
Patrick, if you want to play your kindergarten games
in a 49-0 game.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
If you guys pay attention, slowly, slowly, you
can see me holding back.
Maybe maybe some hopscotch,maybe okay, so I don't care.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
Patrick, biggest news for you man, I'm trying to
think of something that hasn'tbeen used.
Um, I think the mets extendingqualifying offers to to three.
It was Alonzo and Minaya.
Speaker 4 (21:39):
I like that.
I don't know what happened toShawn Minaya Minaya Magic,
because in San Francisco Iwasn't impressed, in Oakland I
wasn't impressed and in SanDiego I was not impressed.
So for him to have came in anddid what he did in October was
crazy.
Speaker 3 (21:56):
And then a personal note the biggest news is Dalton
Varshow have came in and did wedid.
What he did in October wascrazy.
And then, a personal note thebiggest news is Dalton Varshow
finally winning a gold glove.
That's way, way, way overdue.
So I was very, very, verypleased for Dalton Varshow.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
I like it.
Donnie, I know you're scrollingon your phone trying to see
what's a good news.
I know.
Speaker 5 (22:14):
I can see the reflection on your glasses.
My offseason's only been fourdays, oh wow.
Speaker 3 (22:23):
Rub that in a little bit, Donnie.
Speaker 1 (22:26):
Plus that one fifth inning.
Speaker 5 (22:28):
I'll say this I was, and was not, surprised at the
Garrett Cole situation.
I mean I figured they wouldmake him sweat a little bit
after all the stuff.
But I guess, as far as theYankees go, I was a little
surprised about the GleyberTorres not giving him an offer
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or something, because I mean hewas one of the few bright spots
we had throughout the WorldSeries.
I felt I mean he kind of waspretty consistent.
He's probably not the bestplayer in the world, but he's
been short right huh.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
What labor Taurus what?
Position Second base Secondbase, Second base yeah, Do you
know why they didn't want to?
Well, I don't know.
They were asking him to moveearly on and he's like nah.
I'm not moving.
Speaker 5 (23:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
You better send Chisholm somewhere else.
I am not moving.
Speaker 5 (23:22):
I think Chisholm would be better in the outfield
for us anyway.
Speaker 3 (23:25):
Yeah, I in the outfield for us.
Speaker 5 (23:26):
anyway, I'd like to see him in center field and
maybe move Judge around, which,if Soto doesn't come back, then
that's probably going to be thecase that Judge will move over
to right.
Chisholm will be in center.
Speaker 3 (23:36):
Do you think it's because the Yankees didn't want
to cover his salary, likeGarrett Cole didn't want to
cover first base?
Wow, wow, pat, maybe, maybe.
Speaker 5 (23:43):
That was a quick left turn right there out.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
Wow, Wow, Maybe that that was.
That was a quick left turnright there out of the Yankees.
Speaker 5 (23:57):
The Yankees did.
The one thing that Rizzo didn'tdo is they threw Cole the ball.
They threw him an extension.
Speaker 4 (24:01):
So there you go.
Speaker 5 (24:02):
I could play that game too, if you like.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
All right, I'm not surprised.
Speaker 5 (24:07):
I'm not surprised they didn't pick up Rizzo,
though.
I think he's done, I think he'sspent.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Yeah, all right, two things for me.
He's going to go back toChicago to finish his career
with the Cubs.
One Jimenez and Kwon gold glovewell-deserved for Cleveland, I
was very happy with that.
And number two, and and to methis is the biggest fu to an
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owner right montgomery yes, yes,montgomery, doing the player
option for 22.5 million dollars.
You want to trade them now yougotta pay the man.
That was the biggest.
Oh, you want to talk shit aboutme?
F you, I'm signing on and itmade.
It made my heart so happy whenI saw that I was like the
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biggest.
That was the biggest news forme so far this offseason yeah,
yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:02):
didn't we all say that we, we were hoping and
praying he would pick up thatoption and just earn that payday
because he had such a poorseason?
I mean, you might as well pickup the option and get your money
, and yeah.
So congratulations, jordanMontgomery.
Speaker 2 (25:19):
Is this the biggest lesson that an owner can learn
from this?
It's like dude just becauseyou're an owner, does that mean
you got free reigns to saywhatever you think it comes to
your head?
Speaker 4 (25:33):
well, I'm just so shocked like did he not realize
what's still on paper?
Like jordan montgomery on papercan still choose to stay and
will still get paid that muchfrom you, and you're still gonna
go out and say that?
I don't know, maybe he thoughtsaying that, like Jordan
Montgomery knows that I don'treally care for him.
(25:53):
Is he going to feel comfortableenough to stay here?
I'd be like I don't care, I'mgoing to pay me my money, you
know so good.
Speaker 2 (25:58):
It was so.
Oh god, that felt so good.
Speaker 3 (26:01):
I don't know if you know this, but Ken Kendrick went
to the Jerry Jones School ofMedia Relations.
So I mean you know so.
Well done, ken.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
Good for him.
You know, now you just lost22.5, which, in the grand scheme
of things, right, like I mean,he's like all right.
You know it may not be a lot tohim, but you know what it's
going to hurt because now he'sgoing to have to pay, no matter
what he has to pay the man.
You know what I mean.
So it's amazing.
Speaker 4 (26:32):
I have a question on the note of free agents real
quick.
I kind of want to go around thehorn and ask everyone which
free agent are you most excitedabout this this off season?
It doesn't matter where they go, but like assuming they won't
stay where they are at now.
I'm going to start off firstand say Alex Bregman.
Speaker 2 (26:52):
Alex Bregman.
Speaker 4 (26:53):
I'm really excited to see where Alex Bregman goes.
I remember when they signed himfor another six years six years
ago and as a Rangers fan, I waslike I cannot see what the end
of six years would look likewith a guy like Alex Bregman
playing for a team that's in mydivision like the Houston Astros
.
Now it's over and I'm just like, okay, hopefully he doesn't
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continue in Houston, because Idon't think he will.
Speaker 2 (27:20):
Houston's not going to pay him.
Yeah, I'm really he's going todemand a lot of money too.
Speaker 4 (27:24):
I think he goes to Arizona.
Well, I don't know anymore.
Actually Not.
With $22.5 million plus tospend, I can tell you a couple
places he's probably not goingto go, not the Yankees.
Speaker 5 (27:36):
He's not going to go to New York or LA.
No, he's not.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
He's not going to go to the.
Yankees or the Mets.
He does not want anything to dowith the New York media at all.
Speaker 6 (27:45):
No, the new york media at all?
No, or were I?
Yeah, you're probably rightabout that.
All right, what about you, eric?
Um, I was trying to see they'vebeen talking about a couple
guys that could possibly go tokansas city.
Um, maybe tyler o'neill.
I don't know if he's gonna go.
We're looking for an outfielder, so I don't know if he'll end
up in kansas city or not.
I'm not sure what to thinkabout him.
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I've never been a big fan ofhis, but if he can give us a
good outfield back, becausethat's what we struggled with,
so kind of looking at maybeTyler O'Neill and then Donnie,
where's your dude Glaber?
Is he going to resign?
Speaker 5 (28:21):
I don't know.
I mean I don't know why they'renot offering him anything and
why I don't know why they're notlike making that and why I
don't know why they're not likemaking that happen.
He's been pretty solid for him,so I don't know if they've got
somebody else in mind or whatthe deal is.
Speaker 6 (28:35):
And then it and also Kike Hernandez.
Speaker 4 (28:38):
Yeah, you took my free agent right there.
Speaker 2 (28:46):
That was who I was going to say.
Speaker 6 (28:47):
I want to know, I want to see where kike goes you
don't think he stays in laeither no, because on our on the
tuesday night show when we didour kind of predictions, you
said you thought he might.
I don't remember if you saidhe'd win mvp, but you thought
he'd do pretty well in the worldseries.
Because he just all of a sudden, when he got his glasses or
(29:07):
whatever, he started hittingbecause he could see, of a
sudden, when he got his glassesor whatever, he started hitting
because he could see the ballyou can see the ball.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
So, like I was, you know, listen, we no one saw what
, uh, what his name was going todo, you know, to win the mvp.
I mean, he was on a historichome run battle by himself,
right.
But I want to see it's funnybecause, like, uh, kike
hernandez was, you know, in thepuerto rico media, was asking
hey, how do you feel about this,you know, but winning.
But I want to see it's funnybecause Kike Hernandez was the
Puerto Rico media, was asking,hey, how do you feel about this?
But winning the championshipand all that.
(29:34):
It was great.
We're Puerto Ricans, we sticktogether and all that.
And to New York fans I know youguys root for New York, but you
know what, suck it, and it wasso hilarious.
I'm like this dude is my hero.
So I want to see, I'm hopingthat he gets a big contract from
a team.
I don't think he's going to geta big contract, he's going to
(29:55):
go somewhere.
Probably you know who I thinkwould sign him.
Speaker 3 (30:04):
Your boys, Patrick.
Yeah, the Blue Jays love aplayer that can play multiple
positions a super utility superutility guy.
They love those kind of players.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
So I can see him going to Toronto yeah, I'd take
him so would a lot of teamsright now.
So now I hope you guys enjoy.
Now get this part one of three.
That's right, you heard thatright.
Three episodes of one fullconversation that all of my
(30:37):
friends had together that night.
It is a lot of fun, I promiseyou.
You guys are going to laugh andyou guys are going to be like
I'm sorry, come again.
I'm telling you you guys got tostay tuned for next, the next
two parts.
Okay, now, before I go, I gotto give you a little bit of
business and then I'm going togive you guys a little bit of
trivia at the end.
Okay, but I want to give youguys this real quick.
(30:58):
All right, make sure you guystune in every tuesday and
thursday night at 9 pm easterntime.
Did that at chronicle sportsshow.
Make sure you guys come on,hang out with us.
We talk all sports, not justbaseball, but all sports.
Eric Patrick, donnie and I, wetalk all sports all the time.
It's a lot of fun.
We make fun of each othermostly, patrick and Eric, I'm
(31:19):
just kidding we make fun ofeverybody, and then we love to
hear from you in the commentsection.
All right, now that that part'sdone, let's get you guys a
little bit of trivia Now.
Did you guys know that theBoston Americans won the very
first in what is considered nowto be the World Series?
That's right.
The Boston Americans was thevery first team to win the World
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Series, which was back in 1903.
Because, guys, it's the moreyou know.
All right Now go out there, kicksome ass and let's make this
day our pitch.
Speaker 5 (31:55):
All right, I screwed that up I got to go.
Hey, I hear that Aaron Judge, though, is going to
be helping out during the NewYear's festivities at Times
Square.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Oh yeah, why is that?
Tell me.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
He's going to be helping them drop the ball.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Oh Yay, you see anybody there just so you guys
(00:33):
know I'm recording, so no, oneget.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Get a cut off card now.
It's all fair game now, boysand girls.
How about the port?
How about the?
Uh, the redding whoopies?
Who did it first beforeportland?
Speaker 3 (00:39):
I was just about to say that.
Speaker 4 (00:41):
Okay, bye, yeah well, val, you need to get to that
store because they have all thecosmic brownie, about to say
that, okay, I bet.
Speaker 5 (00:47):
Well, val, you need to get to that store because
they have all the Cosmic Browniemerch that you would want.
They had towels, they hadshirts, they had socks, they had
all kinds of stuff, socks.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
Where is this at again?
Speaker 5 (00:57):
In Chattanooga, Tennessee.
That's where.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
Little Debbie was founded.
I need to go to a lookouts gameanyway, that's perfect.
Speaker 5 (01:06):
Yeah, apparently their new stadium's not going to
be ready next year, so they'regoing to have to play in the old
stadium one more season.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Oh darn.
So I have to tell you all, Ihad almost a three-hour drive
today and I got to hear yourwonderful voices on the many
wonderful podcasts that yourepresent, and you got me
through a three-hour drive there, uh, very painlessly, so I very
much appreciate it.
Uh, so much quality content didyou uh did you uh get to enjoy
stadium food?
Speaker 2 (01:36):
girl wearing a wonderful hat.
Yes, I sure did yes I sure did.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
And um and also, uh, getting to hear her name
mentioned on the show before theshow podcast, I was like what
is she charging for?
Autographs now?
That's that.
That's what I want to know islike what you know, she's a
somebody obviously so, but thankyou so much for that.
Speaker 4 (02:01):
I will say, though, um to say I was not jealous
would be a lie.
To say I was jealous is anunderstatement.
Mr Paul Caputo's biography damnnear biography given by Tyler
Mon on the pod, must be nice.
Speaker 3 (02:19):
Well, I mean, this sounds really bad.
Don't do it.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
This is why you don't say things like that, because
now his head is going to be toobig.
Walk around, sorry, you know hehas his own mute.
He doesn't even.
Is this thing on?
Is this on?
I bet you, his headphones isnot working.
Speaker 3 (02:39):
Look at him he's simultaneously writing another
article for sportslogosnet.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
You're on mute, my friend.
You're muted, paul.
You muted yourself.
There you are, paul, you canhear.
Go ahead, say something.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
I think it's working.
Am I good?
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Wow, sure there he is .
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Am I good?
Is this thing on?
Speaker 3 (03:05):
Listen, we're only in tip-top shape on this.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
We're so professional we are.
Speaker 3 (03:10):
We are so professional.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
What the hell is going on in StreamYard here, but
I don't have this problem inStreamYard.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
This is StreamYard.
Speaker 1 (03:17):
I see Pat laughing.
I can't hear Pat laughing.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
Because he hasn't said anything.
Speaker 5 (03:22):
Can you hear me, Paul ?
Paul, can you hear me Can?
Speaker 3 (03:25):
you you hear me, paul , paul can you hear me?
Speaker 5 (03:27):
yes, yeah we can hear you.
Speaker 4 (03:28):
Yeah, but I can hear us professionals, we're
professionals so don't repeat it, don't repeat what I just said
then, oh, I'm going to.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
It's too late.
It's going to be on the podcast.
You know I'm going to be like.
I'm going to put that as asnippet at the beginning.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
About our audio issues on your podcast.
It's fine.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
It's working now.
Speaker 2 (03:48):
Just like we put your little mishap at the beginning
of the intro for the podcast.
I was trying so hard to put itin.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
Oakland's biggest baseball fan by wearing a Las
Vegas A's hat to the interview.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
I did not think, I did not think about it.
We're literally going to talkto a guy who's going to rant
about his thoughts and I'mwearing a Las Vegas A's hat, all
proud.
I'm smiling, I'm so excited,I'm like yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
So what you guys didn't get to see, though, which
is the best part.
So what you guys didn't get tosee, though, which is the best
part is the facial expressionsthat she was making, as that she
was realizing that she's likeoh shit she realized she was the
trigger at that moment, whenshe went into her explanation, I
(04:42):
almost drove off the road.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
I was laughing so hard because it was.
It was just such good content,it was great.
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Speaking of.
By the way, did you guys seethat they removed the Oakland
name altogether?
Speaker 4 (04:57):
Just the athletics.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
Nope, cannot hear you , paul.
So, you know what it is, guys.
You know what it is, guys.
You know what it is, why he'smessing up so much.
He doesn't have a hat on yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:14):
Yeah, I'll have to show you something.
Speaker 2 (05:16):
Go for it.
Oh, the Arizona Fall Leaguet-shirt.
This is my favorite shirt.
Speaker 4 (05:21):
I've washed it and worn it at least once every week
since the Fall League.
It's got this big oh that'scool.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
This is my favorite shirt ever.
Speaker 4 (05:36):
It's my most favorite shirt.
I bought a cigar cactus t-shirttoo, but this is my most
favorite shirt right now.
Speaker 2 (05:43):
You mean that one right there?
Look at that hat.
Look at that hat.
Curve it, curve it.
There we go.
Speaker 4 (05:49):
Hell yes, what do you think about that material?
I was like I don't know if hesees this up close, but it's
like that mesh material.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Yeah, you like that.
Speaker 3 (06:01):
Oh, 90s style.
I was going to say that's theold school mesh material.
Speaker 5 (06:04):
Yeah, okay.
Yeah, this is like old footballjersey mesh material.
I love it.
Thank you very much for gettingthese for me, by the way.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
Yeah, of course so definitely I'm going to have to
work with Eric on this one,because he wants me to find some
heads for him on that one.
Speaker 3 (06:23):
Well, I wish Eric would stop talking so much.
My gosh Just, you know.
Speaker 6 (06:34):
Just talking as much as Paul is.
Paul, your computer is on mute.
Speaker 2 (06:38):
I tried to unmute you , but it says, and I how about?
Speaker 1 (06:42):
now?
There it is.
You know what I had to do, whatI had to turn off my phone.
Speaker 3 (06:48):
I had to like literally shut down my phone.
It did it again.
Speaker 1 (06:51):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
Mine did that a couple of weeks ago.
Paul, I know exactly whatyou're talking about.
I was yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
Well, here's the thing, though it did that, uh,
on the Brock Meyer recordingrecording.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Yeah For himself.
I just had my phone in mypocket and I kept trying to
change the microphone, changethe microphone, and I was just
like no.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
I won't.
It's because you have yourphone connected to your laptop.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
Not on purpose.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
If you say so.
Youtube doesn't do this.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
I had a 45-minute interview with the Winnipeg Gold
Eyes earlier tonight.
Speaker 2 (07:23):
I want to keep calling them the Golden Eyes I
know they.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
He just said that actually in the interview.
He's like yeah, we're not apierce brosnan james bond movie.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
They should anyways, yeah, guys, are we ready to to
roll with this can't waitabsolutely let's do it all right
.
Here we go, me, me, me, me, me,me.
I haven't drank enough watertoday, absolutely.
Let's do it All right.
Here we go, me, me, me, me, me,me.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
I haven't drank enough water today.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Me.
Neither Got to have a beer.
By the way, I did try the newMonster Guava Zero sugar.
Let me tell you, yummy yummyAre they sponsoring?
No, but they should.
Are you getting a?
Speaker 1 (08:08):
kickback for mentioning this.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
I wish they should, I wish they would.
But you know how this goes.
They haven't.
But it's okay, They'll give usa call eventually when we get
nice and famous, except for Eric.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
Oh, hey, eric, where's the musical intro?
The listeners?
Speaker 2 (08:27):
I know right, Is anybody there Is anybody there.
All right.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
All right, all right, all right.
Speaker 2 (08:34):
Well, welcome everyone to yet another episode
of the Data Chronicles.
My name is Ed and with me, asalways, my co-host, my good
friend Stadium Food Girl Val.
What's going on, girl?
Speaker 4 (08:45):
hi, I'm doing great.
I'm so excited we have a fullhouse today.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
I know.
I know this is gonna beexciting.
We have, uh, we have, uh uh,the co-hosts of the that I
chronicle sports show.
And then you know some guy whois like some some famous author,
right, you know, who wrote abook, decided to write a book
about you.
You know minor league baseball.
You know he keeps gettingmentioned on minor league
podcasts and things like that,whatever.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
What's up, guys?
When are we starting therecording?
Speaker 2 (09:16):
We haven't started yet.
Speaker 3 (09:19):
New York Times bestselling author.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
We got Patrick Larson , we got Donnie Wise, eric
Prophet and Mr Paul Caputo.
Gentlemen and lady, how'severybody doing tonight?
Doing, great, doing well Doingawesome.
First of all, thank you all ofyou for doing this on very short
notice.
This was my mess up.
First of all, I want to saythis because I thought that we
had a someone already scheduled,but I totally forgot that it
(09:45):
was not this week, it was nextweek.
It was my mess up, whichactually it ended up working out
, because I've been wanting todo this episode.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
The message here is that we are the second through
fifth choices for who you'drather be talking to tonight,
more about tenth, more abouttenth.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
Okay, so let's be honest.
Speaker 5 (10:08):
If you don't feel love now, then you'll never feel
love.
We're the backup to the backup,to the backup.
Speaker 1 (10:14):
I'd rather be with you guys than the finest people
in the world.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
Yeah, right, but I do feel the love because you guys
all agreed, except for Eric.
He goes like I don't know.
Let me think about it eric.
Speaker 5 (10:30):
He's like I may have some other plans.
Speaker 3 (10:31):
Let me see which I like.
I think what he actually saidis that if patrick shows up, I
will not show up.
So can we talk about donnie'shat.
Speaker 5 (10:38):
Right now, donnie's hat is spectacular it really is
man like yeah, yeah, this isthanks to Val Val picked this up
for me when she was at theArizona Fall League.
She got me this one, and shegot me the Salt River.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
Rafters which, by the way, at the time of this
recording, we are less than aweek away, Paul.
Speaker 1 (10:58):
We are, we're days away from being at the Arizona.
Fall Stars game.
Speaker 6 (11:03):
Do you think he's actually going to show?
Speaker 1 (11:06):
We'll see.
We'll see, I'm gonna show up.
Speaker 6 (11:08):
I'm gonna show up yeah, so so you said a month ago
yeah, what's the weather looklike in north carolina, you know
?
Speaker 2 (11:15):
what's funny, but I've actually been looking at
the weather, yeah, so, by theway, tropical depression forming
uh in the, uh in the caribbean,by the way, just so you guys
know.
Speaker 1 (11:23):
Okay, standing by, yeah stay tuned in a couple
weeks for the way, just so youguys know Standing by.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
Stay tuned in a couple weeks for the Dad Hat
Travel Chronicles.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Right, we're going to have another sad episode of Ed
saying he's sorry he couldn'thave been there.
Speaker 2 (11:36):
As my friends just so happily been talking about the
fun times that they had.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
We'll be having beer and wings with Sam Dykstra.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
Shout out to Eric Prophet.
You know what he got me one ofthe pins.
Speaker 1 (11:50):
I wish he could be here tonight.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
The Golden Knights Appreciate you.
This is a pretty cool one man.
Speaker 3 (11:57):
Man, what a guy.
Speaker 2 (11:59):
I'm never going to take it off of here.
I'm going to leave it the wayit is.
That's pretty cool.
Speaker 3 (12:05):
It's beautiful what you do for friends that hate
each other, isn't?
Speaker 6 (12:07):
it.
We hate each other to the bone.
What else did I say?
Is that a surprise?
Speaker 2 (12:14):
Where is that?
Speaker 6 (12:15):
hat In the trash For the listener at home.
Speaker 2 (12:18):
No listen.
You know what's bad.
I'm getting as bad as Patrick.
I have a box.
Bad as Patrick.
I have a box full of hats.
Speaker 4 (12:28):
I was going to wear that hat tonight.
I was going to wear that hattonight.
Speaker 2 (12:32):
My Whataburger Whataburger hat.
It's right here.
It's beautiful, love it.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
I was going to say I really, really wish, and I guess
I need to do what Donnie doesand go on eBay.
But I need that same cigarcactus hat and a dad hat.
Speaker 2 (12:51):
They don't have any there they don't have a lot of
dad hats, which is kind of.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Ranger.
Amy and I were there, I want tosay two years ago for the
championship game, and, man,this store was picked over and
all the t-shirts were like thedry wicking t-shirts.
It wasn't like a regular cottonshirt, and so I just I can't
wear those for more than like anhour and a half without you
(13:15):
know getting itchy.
Yeah, no, it's not theitchiness, it just sweat them up
.
Speaker 2 (13:21):
Yeah, well, they're meant for working out, you know.
Speaker 1 (13:24):
Yeah.
So I want one that I can weararound and be like.
Look, I was at the Arizona fallleague.
Speaker 2 (13:28):
Look at me oh cool, Look at me.
All right guys.
Major league baseball seasoncame to an end.
All right guys.
Major League Baseball seasoncame to an end.
It was in a very exciting yearA lot of highs, A lot of lows, A
lot of what the was that youknow, yeah, and a lot of are
(13:52):
they for real, an actual team,and it ended and.
Speaker 4 (13:56):
I was not pleased with the results.
Speaker 2 (13:58):
Your team, out of all the teams that we root on this
podcast at this moment, was theone that made it the furthest in
the in the playoffs.
So yeah, um, forgive me if wedo not share in your sadness hey
, what did um?
Speaker 1 (14:12):
what did garrett cole have in common with me on a
date in high school?
Speaker 2 (14:17):
What.
Speaker 1 (14:18):
Not even making it to first base.
Oh, I knew that was coming.
Speaker 4 (14:27):
I don't know why.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
I thought that that was going to be what you were
going to say which, by the way,congrats to Garrett Cole, though
he signed a nice littleextension $144 million, oh yeah,
hey.
Speaker 1 (14:40):
I hear that Aaron Judge, though, is going to be
helping out during the NewYear's festivities at Times
Square.
Speaker 2 (14:45):
Oh yeah, why is that?
Tell me.
Speaker 1 (14:46):
He's going to be helping them drop the ball.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
Oh.
Speaker 6 (14:49):
Yay, is this Patrick Larson Jr over here.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
What are we doing?
Wow, what Is this?
Patrick Larson Jr over here.
Speaker 5 (14:58):
What are we doing?
Wow, what are we doing?
He says the middle row is justfull of the craziness tonight
and I haven't even said anythingyet I know right.
Speaker 4 (15:08):
I want to touch on, since we're talking New York
Yankees.
We still don't know where JuanSoto is ending up.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
Not a Yankee.
Speaker 4 (15:18):
Yes, very true.
But on that same note, I didsee that today is the deadline
for qualifying offers and itwhen I was reading I don't know
why it's a lot more complex thanI thought it was.
Apparently they have to havebeen in order for them to be.
Um, I guess, for it to be likea mutual thing with with the
team coming in and saying like,yes, we want to continue this,
(15:41):
they have to have been with theteam for the entire season and
cannot have had qualifyingoffers from other teams.
And I was like I watch thesport, why can't I think of a
guy who fits this example?
So I saw that Teoscar Hernandezis one of those guys that
qualifies for this, and WalkerBueller, um, so Hernandez.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
By the way, he earned that one but I don't think he's
gonna.
Speaker 4 (16:08):
I mean, I guess yeah.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
I missed Teoscar.
Speaker 4 (16:14):
Um, I, interestingly enough, though, I feel like he's
not going to stay in la,because I feel like the dodgers
like breaking to do things thatlike break the news, that are
like what gets big, bold lettersin, like the newspapers, and I
don't feel like signing tayoscar hernandez is going to do
that for them.
Plus, on top of that, they getlike an extra, like a draft pick
.
If they like, let don't signhim.
Speaker 2 (16:36):
So I feel like yeah, but man, I mean, if I'm the
dodgers, why would you not wantto bring it?
I'll bring all the whole teamback right.
Speaker 4 (16:45):
I mean just like it's the same formula all over again
, which is why I was really sadthat we didn't keep monty, but
seeing how we're the healthy, wehealthy, shohei Otani Right.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
So let's not forget that Shohei Otani is going to be
healthy and pitching, so holyman.
Speaker 1 (17:01):
Do you think they'd bring him back as a pitcher?
Do you think he pitches?
Yeah?
Speaker 4 (17:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
Why wouldn't you?
Speaker 4 (17:06):
I think he was just out for a year with his injury.
Speaker 1 (17:09):
But he had such a dominating offensive year.
Not worrying about pitching, Idon't know.
Speaker 4 (17:15):
But he only played what DH really yeah, and he's
shown that he could do both.
I mean, I don't know if youguys remember last season, when
the angels and tigers playedeach other in a double header.
He pitched and then 30 minuteslater he was on the batting
lineup.
Well, not only did he pitch andbat, but then he didn't pitch
him and still was on the lineup.
Speaker 5 (17:38):
They have to do it in order to justify the contract,
or at least they have to try itno, they don't.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
Are you kidding me?
Those good, who was it therewas like, uh, it was like he was
.
They got him for 700 milliondollars, right, but the dodgers
are getting well over $2.4billion in revenue because of
Shohei Otani.
They're fine with him justbeing at DH if they want to and
well overpaid DH, but they'refine because they're getting a
(18:04):
lot of money in return.
You know what I mean?
The whole Japan market alone byitself.
Yeah, I guess that's true.
Speaker 3 (18:11):
The Dodgers' first order of business is to make
sure that they retain Will Smith, because this is the fifth year
in a row that a team withsomeone named Will Smith won a
World Series.
Speaker 1 (18:21):
See, that's the best stat of the broadcast so far.
Speaker 4 (18:24):
Congratulations.
I think he's locked in for 10years, so they're good.
Speaker 3 (18:29):
Yeah, I think he's good.
Just make sure they don't tradehim.
Speaker 2 (18:31):
Yeah, all right, I'm going to ask you guys so far,
and I'm going to them.
Yeah, all right, I'm gonna askyou guys so far, and then we're,
I'm gonna, I'm gonna do alittle this, a little backwards,
but so far, biggest news of theoff season so far for you guys.
As of today, which is, by theway, uh, november 4th.
Okay, so as of today, november4th, what's the biggest news for
you guys?
Speaker 1 (18:54):
the phillies have, uh , three new owners.
Three new owners.
Well, they three.
John middleton is still theprimary owner of the team, but
they have a minority um and uhyeah and I just think that, uh,
you know, they're gonna help usbring in juan soto, all that
extra influx of cash there Idon't see him in uh phillies
(19:14):
college, just so you know.
Well, where do you see him?
In Cleveland.
Speaker 2 (19:17):
No, god, no.
The ownership in Cleveland ischeap as all hell.
Speaker 1 (19:21):
I didn't mean to lash out at you, Ed.
I'm sorry.
How dare you.
Speaker 4 (19:26):
I'm going to say for me only because I'm thinking
with my Rangers hat on, eventhough it's not a Rangers hat
Jorge Siler to the Angels andplus, that happened the same
night.
Speaker 2 (19:37):
Very quiet too.
We're just going to throw thisin in there.
That was a pretty good one.
Speaker 6 (19:44):
What about you, eric?
For me, the Kansas City Royalsre-signed Michael Waka.
I think that was a pretty goodget to shore up the I think he's
two years with a third yearplayer option, so we'll have a
couple years and then obviouslywe have lugo and reagan, so
that'll be the still good topthree, so that's kind of a big
(20:06):
priority.
So I'm glad to see theyre-signed him.
I like that.
Speaker 1 (20:09):
I went I like that I saw michael waka throw eight and
two-thirds innings of ano-hitter in st lou.
And it was ruined by the guysitting in front of me at the
game who said you want to see ano hitter or no, have you ever
seen a no hitter?
Cause you're about to.
And then the next hit was alittle chopper dribbler over the
pitcher's head that went for aninfield single.
Speaker 6 (20:30):
Was that the one where they started doing the
wave?
Speaker 2 (20:33):
Yes they were doing the wave.
Speaker 1 (20:38):
Yes, they were doing the eighth inning.
Here we go, here we go, here wego.
St louis baseball fans deserveevery bad thing that happens to
them, and that was one of themdoing the wave.
Doing the wave in the middle ofthe eighth inning of a no
hitter, come on listen I don'tcare how you feel if you were
doing anything.
If you're doing anything otherthan watching the baseball game
during a no hithitter, youdeserve what you get.
Speaker 2 (20:59):
Okay, I'll give you that During a no-hitter.
Yeah, you got to pay attentionduring a no-hitter.
Speaker 6 (21:03):
I don't care if it's 49-0, we don't do the wave.
Yes, we do, yes, we do.
Speaker 1 (21:07):
Patrick, if you want to play your kindergarten games
in a 49-0 game.
Speaker 2 (21:16):
If you guys pay attention, slowly, slowly, you
can see me holding back.
Maybe maybe some hopscotch,maybe okay, so I don't care.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
Patrick, biggest news for you man, I'm trying to
think of something that hasn'tbeen used.
Um, I think the mets extendingqualifying offers to to three.
It was Alonzo and Minaya.
Speaker 4 (21:39):
I like that.
I don't know what happened toShawn Minaya Minaya Magic,
because in San Francisco Iwasn't impressed, in Oakland I
wasn't impressed and in SanDiego I was not impressed.
So for him to have came in anddid what he did in October was
crazy.
Speaker 3 (21:56):
And then a personal note the biggest news is Dalton
Varshow have came in and did wedid.
What he did in October wascrazy.
And then, a personal note thebiggest news is Dalton Varshow
finally winning a gold glove.
That's way, way, way overdue.
So I was very, very, verypleased for Dalton Varshow.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
I like it.
Donnie, I know you're scrollingon your phone trying to see
what's a good news.
I know.
Speaker 5 (22:14):
I can see the reflection on your glasses.
My offseason's only been fourdays, oh wow.
Speaker 3 (22:23):
Rub that in a little bit, Donnie.
Speaker 1 (22:26):
Plus that one fifth inning.
Speaker 5 (22:28):
I'll say this I was, and was not, surprised at the
Garrett Cole situation.
I mean I figured they wouldmake him sweat a little bit
after all the stuff.
But I guess, as far as theYankees go, I was a little
surprised about the GleyberTorres not giving him an offer
(22:50):
or something, because I mean hewas one of the few bright spots
we had throughout the WorldSeries.
I felt I mean he kind of waspretty consistent.
He's probably not the bestplayer in the world, but he's
been short right huh.
Speaker 2 (23:03):
What labor Taurus what?
Position Second base Secondbase, Second base yeah, Do you
know why they didn't want to?
Well, I don't know.
They were asking him to moveearly on and he's like nah.
I'm not moving.
Speaker 5 (23:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (23:17):
You better send Chisholm somewhere else.
I am not moving.
Speaker 5 (23:22):
I think Chisholm would be better in the outfield
for us anyway.
Speaker 3 (23:25):
Yeah, I in the outfield for us.
Speaker 5 (23:26):
anyway, I'd like to see him in center field and
maybe move Judge around, which,if Soto doesn't come back, then
that's probably going to be thecase that Judge will move over
to right.
Chisholm will be in center.
Speaker 3 (23:36):
Do you think it's because the Yankees didn't want
to cover his salary, likeGarrett Cole didn't want to
cover first base?
Wow, wow, pat, maybe, maybe.
Speaker 5 (23:43):
That was a quick left turn right there out.
Speaker 1 (23:47):
Wow, Wow, Maybe that that was.
That was a quick left turnright there out of the Yankees.
Speaker 5 (23:57):
The Yankees did.
The one thing that Rizzo didn'tdo is they threw Cole the ball.
They threw him an extension.
Speaker 4 (24:01):
So there you go.
Speaker 5 (24:02):
I could play that game too, if you like.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
All right, I'm not surprised.
Speaker 5 (24:07):
I'm not surprised they didn't pick up Rizzo,
though.
I think he's done, I think he'sspent.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Yeah, all right, two things for me.
He's going to go back toChicago to finish his career
with the Cubs.
One Jimenez and Kwon gold glovewell-deserved for Cleveland, I
was very happy with that.
And number two, and and to methis is the biggest fu to an
(24:33):
owner right montgomery yes, yes,montgomery, doing the player
option for 22.5 million dollars.
You want to trade them now yougotta pay the man.
That was the biggest.
Oh, you want to talk shit aboutme?
F you, I'm signing on and itmade.
It made my heart so happy whenI saw that I was like the
(24:58):
biggest.
That was the biggest news forme so far this offseason yeah,
yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:02):
didn't we all say that we, we were hoping and
praying he would pick up thatoption and just earn that payday
because he had such a poorseason?
I mean, you might as well pickup the option and get your money
, and yeah.
So congratulations, jordanMontgomery.
Speaker 2 (25:19):
Is this the biggest lesson that an owner can learn
from this?
It's like dude just becauseyou're an owner, does that mean
you got free reigns to saywhatever you think it comes to
your head?
Speaker 4 (25:33):
well, I'm just so shocked like did he not realize
what's still on paper?
Like jordan montgomery on papercan still choose to stay and
will still get paid that muchfrom you, and you're still gonna
go out and say that?
I don't know, maybe he thoughtsaying that, like Jordan
Montgomery knows that I don'treally care for him.
(25:53):
Is he going to feel comfortableenough to stay here?
I'd be like I don't care, I'mgoing to pay me my money, you
know so good.
Speaker 2 (25:58):
It was so.
Oh god, that felt so good.
Speaker 3 (26:01):
I don't know if you know this, but Ken Kendrick went
to the Jerry Jones School ofMedia Relations.
So I mean you know so.
Well done, ken.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
Good for him.
You know, now you just lost22.5, which, in the grand scheme
of things, right, like I mean,he's like all right.
You know it may not be a lot tohim, but you know what it's
going to hurt because now he'sgoing to have to pay, no matter
what he has to pay the man.
You know what I mean.
So it's amazing.
Speaker 4 (26:32):
I have a question on the note of free agents real
quick.
I kind of want to go around thehorn and ask everyone which
free agent are you most excitedabout this this off season?
It doesn't matter where they go, but like assuming they won't
stay where they are at now.
I'm going to start off firstand say Alex Bregman.
Speaker 2 (26:52):
Alex Bregman.
Speaker 4 (26:53):
I'm really excited to see where Alex Bregman goes.
I remember when they signed himfor another six years six years
ago and as a Rangers fan, I waslike I cannot see what the end
of six years would look likewith a guy like Alex Bregman
playing for a team that's in mydivision like the Houston Astros
.
Now it's over and I'm just like, okay, hopefully he doesn't
(27:17):
continue in Houston, because Idon't think he will.
Speaker 2 (27:20):
Houston's not going to pay him.
Yeah, I'm really he's going todemand a lot of money too.
Speaker 4 (27:24):
I think he goes to Arizona.
Well, I don't know anymore.
Actually Not.
With $22.5 million plus tospend, I can tell you a couple
places he's probably not goingto go, not the Yankees.
Speaker 5 (27:36):
He's not going to go to New York or LA.
No, he's not.
Speaker 2 (27:40):
He's not going to go to the.
Yankees or the Mets.
He does not want anything to dowith the New York media at all.
Speaker 6 (27:45):
No, the new york media at all?
No, or were I?
Yeah, you're probably rightabout that.
All right, what about you, eric?
Um, I was trying to see they'vebeen talking about a couple
guys that could possibly go tokansas city.
Um, maybe tyler o'neill.
I don't know if he's gonna go.
We're looking for an outfielder, so I don't know if he'll end
up in kansas city or not.
I'm not sure what to thinkabout him.
(28:06):
I've never been a big fan ofhis, but if he can give us a
good outfield back, becausethat's what we struggled with,
so kind of looking at maybeTyler O'Neill and then Donnie,
where's your dude Glaber?
Is he going to resign?
Speaker 5 (28:21):
I don't know.
I mean I don't know why they'renot offering him anything and
why I don't know why they're notlike making that and why I
don't know why they're not likemaking that happen.
He's been pretty solid for him,so I don't know if they've got
somebody else in mind or whatthe deal is.
Speaker 6 (28:35):
And then it and also Kike Hernandez.
Speaker 4 (28:38):
Yeah, you took my free agent right there.
Speaker 2 (28:46):
That was who I was going to say.
Speaker 6 (28:47):
I want to know, I want to see where kike goes you
don't think he stays in laeither no, because on our on the
tuesday night show when we didour kind of predictions, you
said you thought he might.
I don't remember if you saidhe'd win mvp, but you thought
he'd do pretty well in the worldseries.
Because he just all of a sudden, when he got his glasses or
(29:07):
whatever, he started hittingbecause he could see, of a
sudden, when he got his glassesor whatever, he started hitting
because he could see the ballyou can see the ball.
Speaker 2 (29:12):
So, like I was, you know, listen, we no one saw what
, uh, what his name was going todo, you know, to win the mvp.
I mean, he was on a historichome run battle by himself,
right.
But I want to see it's funnybecause, like, uh, kike
hernandez was, you know, in thepuerto rico media, was asking
hey, how do you feel about this,you know, but winning.
But I want to see it's funnybecause Kike Hernandez was the
Puerto Rico media, was asking,hey, how do you feel about this?
But winning the championshipand all that.
(29:34):
It was great.
We're Puerto Ricans, we sticktogether and all that.
And to New York fans I know youguys root for New York, but you
know what, suck it, and it wasso hilarious.
I'm like this dude is my hero.
So I want to see, I'm hopingthat he gets a big contract from
a team.
I don't think he's going to geta big contract, he's going to
(29:55):
go somewhere.
Probably you know who I thinkwould sign him.
Speaker 3 (30:04):
Your boys, Patrick.
Yeah, the Blue Jays love aplayer that can play multiple
positions a super utility superutility guy.
They love those kind of players.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
So I can see him going to Toronto yeah, I'd take
him so would a lot of teamsright now.
So now I hope you guys enjoy.
Now get this part one of three.
That's right, you heard thatright.
Three episodes of one fullconversation that all of my
(30:37):
friends had together that night.
It is a lot of fun, I promiseyou.
You guys are going to laugh andyou guys are going to be like
I'm sorry, come again.
I'm telling you you guys got tostay tuned for next, the next
two parts.
Okay, now, before I go, I gotto give you a little bit of
business and then I'm going togive you guys a little bit of
trivia at the end.
Okay, but I want to give youguys this real quick.
(30:58):
All right, make sure you guystune in every tuesday and
thursday night at 9 pm easterntime.
Did that at chronicle sportsshow.
Make sure you guys come on,hang out with us.
We talk all sports, not justbaseball, but all sports.
Eric Patrick, donnie and I, wetalk all sports all the time.
It's a lot of fun.
We make fun of each othermostly, patrick and Eric, I'm
(31:19):
just kidding we make fun ofeverybody, and then we love to
hear from you in the commentsection.
All right, now that that part'sdone, let's get you guys a
little bit of trivia Now.
Did you guys know that theBoston Americans won the very
first in what is considered nowto be the World Series?
That's right.
The Boston Americans was thevery first team to win the World
(31:44):
Series, which was back in 1903.
Because, guys, it's the moreyou know.
All right Now go out there, kicksome ass and let's make this
day our pitch.
Speaker 5 (31:55):
All right, I screwed that up I got to go.
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