High Paid Players Aren't Automatically All-Stars

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Speaker 1 (00:23):
Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of one hundred
and eight sentches Baseball Talk. My name is Scott and
Morgan off the Motor City man Mouth. Had a good
show earlier on the Professor and People with myself and
Steven right schel we're talking baseball all night and Nicky
and I Eric did it on Saturday and we talked
about the day. But we have a pretty interesting show
lined up tonight. We're gonna talk about high paid place players.
Aren't automatically all stars. Wait till I give you the

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list of the ones that did make it and a
few that did so that said, let me introduce my
Crewe to your right toel left. We got the manager,
our manager, Mickey Kellaway. Glad to have him one again,
Thanks for having me in.

Speaker 2 (00:56):
Candy, thanks, glad to be here.

Speaker 1 (00:59):
And we've got.

Speaker 3 (01:00):
Catsy, Thanks Eric, glad here.

Speaker 1 (01:03):
And we got Rob mister Mett Morosco of course were
how long it'll be mister bet or mister Mudd.

Speaker 4 (01:08):
But happy to be here, Scott, thank you.

Speaker 1 (01:15):
That's funny and laughter that George Iicorn.

Speaker 5 (01:19):
Hello, everyone, welcome.

Speaker 1 (01:21):
All right, So let's get to the topics. Lots a
lot to get to number one. As I said before,
we're gonna lead off with our top art high players.
High payd players are an automatically, I'm going to give
you a list, and I want everybody to give me
an ideal about which one surprising you call man on
as many as you want, because this is a pretty
unbelievable list and a lot of money out there. According

(01:43):
to the Front Office Board, seven of the top ten
MLB payroll salaries were left off the All Star list.
I'll go over the list and the amount of money
that they're making. And for those of you that obviously,
whether I talk to pass or I can always replay
it and listen to it again if you like, you
got no problem. But Juan Soto topped that listens sixty

(02:04):
one point eight million dollars. Zach Wheeler is at forty
eight million. And he actually made it. Let's see, Juan
Soto did not. Aaron Judge made it at forty million bucks.
Jacob de Gram at forty million dollars was an All Star. Yeah,
he made it, all right. Anthony Rondona, we're going to
talk about him after this at thirty eight point five

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million did not make it. Carlos Korea thirty seven point
three million did not make it. Mike Trout thirty seven
point one million dollars did not make it, Garrett Cole
thirty six million, No, and jose L Twove went out
there at thirty three million. Oh and Tyler glassnow thirty
two point five million. Oh, what a less step. What

(02:48):
do you think a lot of money didn't play in
the Midsummer Classic?

Speaker 6 (02:54):
Yeah, it really is.

Speaker 7 (02:55):
You know, I think you know, you expect most, if
not all, of those guys to be All Stars. But
we've talked about this in the past, and you pay
guys for what they've done, not what they're going to do.
So a lot of these contracts, not many of them are,
are kind of been paid for what they've done in
the past. And I'm surprised that some of these guys,

(03:17):
you know, didn't didn't perform well enough to get on
the team. You Know, it used to be where if
you're one of the highest played players, you didn't even
have to hardly play. You could play twelve games and
you're on the All Star team.

Speaker 4 (03:27):
You know.

Speaker 7 (03:27):
I'm glad that's changed, though, I think you should have
to be worthy of it and earn it, so but yeah,
I am surprised that that's quite a few guys that
aren't on that can't see well.

Speaker 3 (03:41):
It doesn't shock me though, And here's why, because because.

Speaker 8 (03:44):
Number one, you you know, what we what we can't
account for is one of those one of those young
young players who comes out and comes into his own
and breaks out and becomes an All Star from here
on out. You know, you just can't time those things.
I mean for some of those guys, it's not a
lack of trying. I mean, Glass, now, we all know,
we all know about his health issues. That's just that's
just the way that is. When he's when he's healthy,

(04:05):
he's he's plenty, he's plenty of all star caliber. However,
his his biggest problem is he's his his health has always.

Speaker 3 (04:12):
Gotten in the way.

Speaker 8 (04:13):
The Dottors signed him to that contract, knowing that, knowing
that hey, we can get we'll still get all star
like performances out of him. However, there's gonna be a
point in time where he's gonna be He's going he's
probably going to be shown for a little bit, you know,
de Grom, you know who, you know. It was nice
to see him back. I think I think if anybody
who I was happy for being there, it was to
Grom because the Grom's an All Star, drums at All

(04:34):
Star when he's healthy. You know, unfortunately he's kind of
has Sandy Kofax's luck, and you know, it's it doesn't
surprise me. I mean we see this every year. You know,
I think the slow start by Juan Soto is kind
of hurt him there, hurt him there, you know in
the beginning of the year, which ultimately kind of turned
the vote, was kind of turned the voters off to him.

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And you know, again, you can't you can't tie like
one of those young young prospers breaking out happens all
the time and those and those kids are hungry and
they want to play because you know, they're not making
any money yet, so they want to further bolster their
cause to make more money by by making it an
All Star team.

Speaker 1 (05:15):
Rob.

Speaker 4 (05:16):
Yeah, Well, like MICKI said, these contracts are paid for
what they've done, not what they're gonna do. So you're
gonna have a list of high paid ballplayers. You know,
just because they are the highest paid don't mean they're
All Stars. Every year, there's injuries on that list that
you gave us. There are players who were picked for

(05:37):
the All Star Game, but they chose not to go.
And I don't want to seem like a Mets homer,
but with Juan Soto, it could have went either way.
Like Cat that you know was the slow start, but
by the time the All Star Game got there, you know,
came up, he was back to being Juan Soto. So
it could have went either way.

Speaker 9 (06:00):
George, Well, I think back to you know, yesteryear as
we call it, and when you got Brooks Robinson, Frank
Robinson in the America League, Alkyline. You got all these
guys that, like you said, Scott, you know, year after
year you count them in for being an All Star.
And the game has changed so much, and with expansion,

(06:20):
there's so many more teams that are represented. Have to
have at least one representative. As we know, that's a
tradition that baseball's had for a long long time, right,
And the fact of the matter is, like you guys said,
I mean, there's been more injuries it seems like recently
than we've ever had. And you know, some guys you
just can't got to shake your head and say what's

(06:42):
going on? I mean, you know, Trout is a good
example that one always jumps out at me.

Speaker 1 (06:46):
Courrey.

Speaker 9 (06:47):
You know he here, he got traded during the season,
but all that Mney the Twins paid for him. And then,
of course, you know, I do agree with with some
of them. I mean, not all of them were true
All Stars this year, but with the roster, even though
they expand the roster, it's still not enough for room
to get everybody out.

Speaker 5 (07:07):
But you're exactly right. I mean, you're paid on past performance.

Speaker 9 (07:10):
We know that, skeep and I don't see that changing
anytime soon because the Players Association would probably balk at
anything like that. We'll see what happens in the next
contract negotiations.

Speaker 10 (07:20):
Candy, these guys had great seasons at some point in
the past to earn them their high paid salary now,
But that doesn't mean this season they're having a great year.
And Rob, I'm gonna take a page out of your book.
You want to talk about high paid players should be

(07:42):
automatically All Stars, then they should automatically be in the
World Series too, because if they're if they're the highest paid,
they should be performing the best.

Speaker 2 (07:50):
They should be in the World Series.

Speaker 10 (07:51):
But yet, my lovely Brewers were the first team to
qualify for the playoffs, and they're the bottom third of
the pay payroll for this year. So it doesn't always
work out. It's not an automatic just because you have
a high salary that you're going to be an All
Star or in the World Series.

Speaker 1 (08:10):
Well, only I'll say about the thing is, seventy percent
of the group seems high to me. Seventy percent, I
understand happened. Not that many of this group, and that's
a lot of money that isn't going to Atlanta. That's
all I'm gonna say about it. I get it now. Yeah,
and I'll give Rob the benefit of the doubt. Newsoto
had gotten hot a little earlier, that it would have
been sixty percent and he would have been in that group.

(08:32):
But that's a benefit of the doubt. Okay, I'm not
giving him the benefit because they doubted them enough they
keep them off. But seventy percent of that group is
not on it. But that's a great segue about where
we're going to go. I thought about using this topic
last week, but decided to wait, especially when I saw
this top ten, because it's more appropriate turnight that it
would have been last week. But get this, could you

(08:54):
imagine if Anthony Rendon liked baseball. He signed a seven years,
two hundred and forty five million dollar contact with the
Angels during the twenty nineteen offseason. Since then, LA had
used a league leading thirty four different third baseman step
thirty four, we can count that high. Anthony Rendon. The

(09:17):
love of the game don't look like it's with them,
but he loves the money.

Speaker 7 (09:20):
Well, you know what, I've been around Anthony, and I
was on the coaching staff there his first year in Anaheim,
and I think what's been reported is totally totally inaccurate,
taken out of context. And I don't think Anthony Rendon
does not like the game of baseball. I think he
loves the game of baseball. I think his statement was

(09:42):
and it was cherry picked out of this statement, was
that he doesn't necessarily think that baseball is one of
his top or is one of his top two. And
then he talks about his faith and his family, and
you can't ever, ever, you know, hold that against somebody.
I think if that is actually the case of what happened,

(10:06):
and knowing Anthony and being around him, watching him enjoy
being being at the ballpark every day and being with
the players. It seems to me like it was intentionally
or not intentionally taken out of context. But I think
everybody in that in this game should take the same

(10:28):
approach as Anthony because those things are very important.

Speaker 1 (10:32):
You know.

Speaker 7 (10:32):
I have to say, you know, sometimes I was so
engrossed in my career, my baseball career, that my family
came second. And it wasn't intentional, but it was just
something that happened from time to time because you're always
on the road. You know, I missed my kids growing up.
And I think that's the kind of stuff that Anthony

(10:54):
was talking about when the season's too long, things like that,
and I think, you know, it was it was probably
taken out of context, and maybe Cherry picked just certain
parts and wasn't published the whole thing. So uh, you know,
I have to defend Anthony here. He's a great third baseman.
Right when he was going good, and man we was

(11:17):
we had a tough time getting him out and unfortunately
he's been hurt. And I think a lot of this
stuff has been you know, on the back of him
being injured, not performing because he's been injured, you know,
and getting all this money and then people you know,

(11:37):
kind of hating on him because of that. But you know,
I agree with with his stance that his faith and
his family, especially family, should come first, and you always
have to have that balance of personal life and professional life.
And it sounds like he does that pretty well.

Speaker 1 (11:58):
All right, defending faith and family long But don't tell
me that Harder's Marino is going to defend the numbers
because he's paying a lot of money and he's writing
a check too, And when you go for thirty four
different third basement, nobody's gonna sit here and tell me,
no matter who it is, that thirty four different third payment,
when you invest in seven years and two hundred and
forty five million dollars out of your pocket, to think
you solidified that position, let me ask you a question, Schep,

(12:21):
how far will two hundred and forty five million dollars
on sage ranch go to help you get your school bill? Yeah?

Speaker 7 (12:28):
No, yeah, I mean, you know, he got paid and
unfortunately he's been hurt a lot, and I know that
that's something you can't do a ton about. I'm sure
the Angels have insurance on him, probably collecting eighty percent
of his paycheck back. But yeah, using thirty four third basement.
It's going to be hard to have a solid ball

(12:49):
club when you're when you're having to do that.

Speaker 1 (12:51):
Yeah, that's all I'm saying. Hey, listen, I get it.
You know, sometimes guys don't live up to their contract.
So it's not the first one, nor will he ever
be those last one. It's not up to a contract.
But the reality of the Angels have to look at
it like, Okay, you know, we spent this kind of
money and we've still got the same problem at the corner. Anyways,
that's all I'm saying. You set the record about what's

(13:11):
on the inside. I didn't know that. That's why you're
on here to do that. I'll give you that much,
but I'm not giving you the fact that they went
through thirty four third paithment while he's still in the building.
That's a different entries or not. You still need a
guy at that position, one of the most important positions
in the Diamond, and he hasn't been that guy unfortunately, right,
And that's.

Speaker 6 (13:32):
The thing that makes it tough for the front office.

Speaker 7 (13:34):
Right you're waiting, you're hoping the next year he's going
to be okay, so we can go out there and
put up the numbers he's capable of doing.

Speaker 6 (13:40):
So you don't go and get a.

Speaker 7 (13:42):
Solid replacement player, you end up using thirty four guys.
You know, sometimes you just have to go, you know what,
we got to go solidify this position. Third base is
a very important position on the baseball field. So, you know,
I think that that really stinks if you're a front
office and trying to build all I can't see.

Speaker 8 (14:03):
Well, the thing about Rendon is, I mean, obviously I
didn't know that until Skip brought that up either. Unfortunately, though,
when he got to when he when he cashed out
with the Angels, you know, and it was actually a
good people viewed it as a good People forget though.

Speaker 3 (14:16):
It was a good signing at the time. And he
he was just coming.

Speaker 8 (14:20):
Off a year where he drew he drove in one
hundred and twenty six runs and hit thirty four home
runs and made it to the All Star Game for
the first time in his career.

Speaker 3 (14:27):
Seemed like he was.

Speaker 8 (14:28):
Kind of starting to hit that peak, the peak performance
of his career. Unfortunately, though, you know, his body is
just his body fell apart at him.

Speaker 3 (14:37):
It happens all the time.

Speaker 8 (14:38):
You know, you play and you play, and you play,
and then eventually, you know, you know again, the body's
not is not designed to be doing something repeatedly over
and over and over and over again. But unfortunately, to Rending,
it just it just fell apart at him, and people
forget too. You know, I'm gonna bring up another guy
who sit who's in a similar situation for doing Chris

(14:59):
Bryant in Colorado.

Speaker 3 (15:01):
You know, Bryant had a.

Speaker 8 (15:03):
Brian gave a similar interview where he didn't really say
it the same. Actually he said a little bit a
little bit harsher than than Rendon did about you know
about essentially, he essentially implied that he regretted signing with
the Colorado Rockies, saying he should have done some more
research into the prospects they had coming up. So, you know,
again that's it's not quite direct, but still a pretty

(15:24):
thinly veiled shot at the Rockies there which, to be truthful,
I can't say I blame him, but it's but again,
you know, I think Red don't how Red Doan's looking
at it is he sees that the end is potentially near.

Speaker 3 (15:38):
He's thirty, He's thirty, He's thirty four.

Speaker 8 (15:41):
Years old and so you know, in baseball terms, you know,
that's you know, yours, your career is kind of in
most most careers are starting to.

Speaker 3 (15:48):
Kind of wind down at that point.

Speaker 8 (15:50):
And I think he realizes that and he I just
think that I think he's at peace.

Speaker 3 (15:53):
Now. Mind you, the media is going to sensationalize things.
That's just what they do.

Speaker 8 (15:57):
I mean, but you know, his he's just you know,
I I think he just knows that the end is near.
I mean, he's trying to salvage at the best he can.
I mean, the Angels obviously aren't gonna pity him, because
ulimately they're paying him a lot of money not to play.

Speaker 3 (16:11):
But you know, again, I think I think.

Speaker 8 (16:13):
It was kind of you know, I just think that
he's viewing it as, Hey, my career is winding down,
but I got all this once.

Speaker 1 (16:19):
I'm done, right were Rob.

Speaker 4 (16:23):
You know, I'm glad that Mickey set the record straight.
I really am, because he has you know, Rendon has
gotten a lot of bad press. The contract, you know,
Hindsight's twenty twenty. The contract. Now, yes, it's a bad contract,
we know that, but we didn't know he was going
to get injured. We didn't know he was going to

(16:44):
be injured. So so you know, for a long time
of this contract he's been injured. So I'm glad that
Mickey said that because we could look at other contracts. Right,
and you know, here we go again with the Mets.
Well not really with the Mets with Texas now, but
the ground was that a smart move by the Texas
Rangers did What did they get out of that? He's

(17:06):
back now, he's pitching the gram like, but that's another contract.
He's injured for a lot of that contract, right, David Wright,
love David Wright. The Mets had insurance on David Wright,
luckily because of the you know, the time he missed,
how his career ended. So the Angels, like Mickey said,

(17:26):
I'm sure the Angels have have insurance on that contract
and he cannot help the injuries. And I'm never gonna
put a guy down. And you know, for putting family
and faith ahead of baseball or any sport. I'll never
do that.

Speaker 1 (17:42):
Well neither will I. Like I said, we have a
manager on the panel and he's setting the record strateches
I have to be there.

Speaker 9 (17:47):
All right, I like Corn, Well, you know, let's take
let's look back on his career. Okay, with Washington, he
ended up winning the World Series, you know, in twenty nineteen,
and at that point he had you know, massive stats
as we know, so he was he was one of
the best hitters in baseball at that time. So do

(18:08):
I fault the Angels for signing this contract, Hick? No,
But isn't it ironic? Sadly ironic? I guess you could say,
if you're an Angels fan, especially with Mike Trout and
then you got Rondon and the money that's tied up
in these two individuals and per se, you're not getting
anywhere near your money's worth. It's an unfortunate situation. It

(18:30):
goes back to again handing out big contracts. Rondame. No,
I'm not going to fault him for that. Family and faith,
but you're right, I mean, Scott, you know, thirty four
different third basement thirty four think about and this is
just an incredible statistic. And other teams have struggled at
different positions too. We all know that. But like I said,

(18:51):
Rondeau was highly it was at that time. It was
a good move probably, and the Angels thought they were
going to get themselves a world championship, which has not happened,
as we all know well no, and there's no chance
it's going to happen anytime soon. But as an individual,
I do applaud him and standing up for that. But
it's a sad situation only for the Angels, that's for sure.

Speaker 1 (19:13):
Yeah, nobody's going to ever go ahead, and like they say,
talk about family and paid. I get that. I think
we've already certainly emphasized that point throughout tonight. But again,
circumstances are being what they are. The number thirty four
third day still is out there, nomever, whether you want
to slice it with the insurance fire or not. The
Angels certainly haven't killed a need. Since we are on that,

(19:33):
let's just go to another guy who's probably go ahead
and either get moved at the trade headline and we'll
talk about Carlo's Koreas to use someon This is only
team I would go to to win a championship. Time
will tell whether they do. But we're your talks skip
about Korea, Candy, did you have a chance to go
ahead and talk about the other one? Go ahead, and
then we'll go to Korea. Go ahead, Candy, Sorry about.

Speaker 10 (19:54):
That, It's okay. Part of his full exchange. He was asked,
last year, you had said you'd consider retiring. What's your
mindset now? Way back in twenty fourteen, he wrote himself
an email that said and gave him pros and cons
of why he should stay in the game. His thought
process of the game has not changed since then. What's

(20:18):
changed since then is his mindset. He's married, has four kids,
his priorities have changed since he was in his early twenties.
He's got a different perspective. Yes, faith and family, we
all said it. But the other thing is is he
has to also one of the things that any professional
athlete also has to consider is his health, faith's family, health,

(20:42):
and then your job, because let's remember this is just
a job for him. When he retires from this, he
can do other things, you know. So I think we've
got to be careful when we in the media take
things out of context a little bit too. So's you
can go to your next topic, Scott.

Speaker 1 (21:02):
Yeah, we all know that sort of thing happened. Skip,
Welcome to the media poll. This was what a lot
of the unaffed ones do when they only write down
half of it. But that's what happens. That's why a
lot of times, people in the place like New York
and Philadelphia are reluctant to talk to people. Once upon
a time, everybody will tell you Steve Carlton never wanted
to talk to the media after they did the same
thing to him. I once considered talking to him, but

(21:22):
I knew he wasn't talking about it. I said, I
got Von Hayes and and when some fan was you know, hey, Von,
and they criticize them sick for a wanner, they called him.
I got a good interview from Bon Hayes after that,
and I'm after this guy. He did talk to me,
and we all knew Steve Carlton didn't care for the media.
Just thought i'd throw that out there. Okay, Now back
to Korea. Skip, he's in Houston. Do you think he's

(21:44):
enough to get it done? And you think Houston's gonna
need a whole lot more than Carlos to finish this
thing off.

Speaker 7 (21:50):
Yeah, you know what, I think Houston has a has
a fine ball club and if they get hot, you know,
with Carlos or without him, I think they could win
a championship. Just like know ten other teams out there.
You know they've been there before. A lot of their
players know what's going on. They've they've been deep in
the postseasons, they've won World Series. That that speaks a

(22:12):
lot when you're trying to you know, get through the postseason.
So we'll see what they can do. I think they
have a team that can get it done if they
if they you know, are playing the right way, and
you know, it's going to be a competitive postseason and
I'm looking forward to watching it.

Speaker 8 (22:29):
Eric Well, I will say though that you know, Houston
really has only won one World Series.

Speaker 3 (22:34):
Let's all keep that in perspective.

Speaker 1 (22:38):
You will.

Speaker 8 (22:40):
Well again, but but everyone's point. You know, Houston, you
know they've been there, they've done that. You know, they're
you know, obviously the ALS has kind of caught up
to them a little bit, you know, especially the Seattle Mariners,
who you know, this is the deepest lineup they've had
and god knows how long, probably since I was in
elementary school.

Speaker 3 (22:59):
It's a you know, they're they're gonna be a tough out.

Speaker 8 (23:02):
I mean, they've they got they've all been they've all
been down the road before being in the postseason.

Speaker 3 (23:06):
They all know what it's like.

Speaker 8 (23:07):
They know the they know what what it's gonna be
like in both home and away. And they've proven, They've
proven time and time again they know how to navigate
all the adversity that comes with it. But you know
the fact that I think Correa has been able to
kind of circle his career back to where it all began,
I think is really I think it's really cool now.

Speaker 3 (23:26):
Now he's another.

Speaker 8 (23:27):
One of those guys where I'm not sure how much
how much he has left in the in the tank,
but it'll be nice. But it's nice to it'll be
nice to see him, like, you know, kind of round
out his career with Houston for for maybe possibly another
run or two.

Speaker 1 (23:40):
Well, I'm going I'll say about Korea and that's all
the same before we go around. And I think that
he appreciates being Houston more now since he left. Yeah,
and I'll turn over the round.

Speaker 4 (23:50):
Yeah, Well I agree with you, Scott definitely. And you know,
Houston's Houston. I know Eric said about the one world
here he's we know about the other one. But you
know what they they're always in it. They're what a
game out right now Seattle though Seattle is really hot.
They're there are lats ten games are nine and one. So,

(24:12):
I mean, we've never seen it's been since uh Lou
Sweet Lou was a manager. We haven't seen a Mariners
team like this, right. They're exciting, they're this is probably
this is probably one of the best Mariner teams of
all time. So it's gonna be like Mickey said, it's

(24:33):
gonna be fun. I'm looking forward for the you know,
the next couple of weeks and then the the playoffs.
It's gonna be a great playoff this year because it's
so you know, it's so off balance, like anyone's anyone
in that group is in it right now. And that's
that's listen. That's what they wanted with the wild card

(24:54):
and the way they set it up right, they wanted
these teams to be in it till the end.

Speaker 1 (24:59):
And for those two it's in the first time. Rob
meanspelpel one of the better managers ever go out there
and manage in the game. And what he did with
a Cincinnati Red. We'll talk about that. Doll Road dealing
with Mark Shott will always go down the ages of
uh Alan Michael, can you but do you believe in miracles?
Not believe it? It that but and we'll bring it

(25:21):
up for a future teasers Rob Rob dibble too. Yeah,
that all right, we're giving you much to work with.

Speaker 9 (25:29):
Their nearly enough sorry kidding, Yeah, I mean that there's
a bidding war for his services. That other team that
Scott doesn't want me to mention, they were looking to
assign him. They ended up with a guy named biaz
And and certainly Korea did not stay long enough in
Minnesota in my eyes, I mean, they were looking for

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him again, one of their core players, push them over
the finish line, get into the World Series and win it,
and then they end up with this situation.

Speaker 5 (25:59):
But like you said, can't sy I think it is good.

Speaker 9 (26:02):
I think it is He's you know, come full circle
and he's back with the Astros. There's something about going
back home, you know, of the home cooking and in
the in the warm feeling that uh certainly the fans
had for him back in those days when he was
there before. And you know, he's still got some left
in the tank and they're certainly going to be in
the in the hut. I mean, like you guys said,

(26:23):
there's eight to ten teams that could win it all.

Speaker 5 (26:25):
Houston's one of them.

Speaker 9 (26:26):
I really think that he's a little down on the
downside of his career, but he's still got some good
baseball left at him for sure.

Speaker 1 (26:33):
Yeah, I was waiting for that hobby bias mentioned by
Corn That's why I waited on so I can.

Speaker 8 (26:39):
Talk about I was gonna say, I can tell you
what went wrong in Minnesota. Part of it was, number one,
the pole lads are being the pole lads here, and
then number two, the core that they had with Royce
Lewis and Carlos Correa and also Byron Buxton.

Speaker 3 (26:56):
It just couldn't stay healthy.

Speaker 8 (26:57):
They just were never healthy at the right they were
never healthy at the same time, and that's ultimately what
led to the Twins downfall. And then also Joe Pola
decided to decide to go up on stage and after
winning the Ale Central and going and also win a
postseason series for the first time, and god knows how
long he goes up and says it's time to right

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size the payroll, which ultimately led to that team's downfall.

Speaker 1 (27:22):
Candy have the last word on this.

Speaker 10 (27:24):
The Twins' regional television revenue declined significantly after the Diamond
Sports Group bankruptcy, prompting ownership to reduce spending and eventually
put the club up for sale. What did the Astros needed.
They needed some offense to improve their team. Korea Return
provided a proven player. The other thing that I don't

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know that we've really talked about is he's also a
clubhouse leader and what he can do to really help
the rest of that team improve. You know, we talk
about guys is on the field and what they produce,
but sometimes we forget what they do inside the locker
room and how they tell the locker room. And I

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can tell you one of the players for the Brewers
is Kristin Yelich. He really provides a lot of support
within and leadership within that locker room. And sometimes that's
the last little thing that you need, the last little
piece to help you get over these little struggling humps.

Speaker 1 (28:25):
Okay, let's go to on this date because I know
this will be right up, Rob Valley. Okay, on this
date September fifteenth, eighty seven, Keith Ornan to collect his
two thousand head as a Mets and have a twelve
to four route of the clubs. Are you at that game?
Rob too? Like you're at a lot of players. Hey,
any good job? Last Wednesday night.

Speaker 4 (28:45):
I was not at that game. That was one of
the ones that was not at. But listen, Keith should
Keith should be in the Hall of Fame. I don't
care what anybody says. Probably the best fielding first basement
in the history of baseball. You have two guys playing

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in New York at the same time, Don Mattingley and Hernandez,
who both should probably be in the Hall of Fame.

Speaker 1 (29:15):
All right, George, what are you talked about on this date?
Focuses on Fernandez?

Speaker 5 (29:20):
Two thousand hits.

Speaker 9 (29:22):
Yeah, he ended up with twenty one eighty two, So
for him, that was, you know, a watershed moment for him.
Of course, reaching two thousand hits. We all know that
it's so difficult to get three thousand, but he he
I agree with you, mister matt He was outstanding, outstanding
in the field, gold glove and his and his bat too.

(29:45):
He was a very very fine hitter. I always admired him.
He had a really good career, very consistent in his career.
And so that was a special date that you mentioned,
and certainly it's nothing to nothing to be unhappy about
when you get two and again he ended with what so.

Speaker 1 (30:04):
Can't see.

Speaker 3 (30:05):
Yeah, well, I mean Keith Hernandez.

Speaker 8 (30:07):
Obviously, it was a big part of the New York
Mets New York Mets World Series team in nineteen eighty
six and probably the It was also probably one of
the last times for a while, up until up until
David Wright arrived, when the Mets had any self respect
for themselves. They they they were, it was you know, obviously,
Keith was probably the best first baseman in the league

(30:28):
at that time, probably right next to Don Magley. I'm
sure that during during that period of time, you know,
Rob that everybody was having debates in school about who
was better Mattingly or or Keith Hernandez. Pre social media
and I'm sure pre social media the debates were still
pretty heated. But you know, again, you know, he's you know,

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you know, he's you know, he's obviously he's a borderline
Hall of Famer. He finally got his number, He finally
got his number retired. Not sure why it took him
so long there to get retired, given that, given that,
you could probably say he was the unofficial captain of
that Mets team during the eighties and.

Speaker 4 (31:04):
The official captain, oh he was, Yeah, co captains.

Speaker 8 (31:09):
Yes, okay, and but yeah, I mean he's given what
he had meant to that franchise. He met, he met
more of them, I think he met, he met. He
meant just as much to the Mets as Gary Carter
did during that time. So yeah, obviously, you know, obviously
he was a He was a trific ball player for
the Mets for a long period of time.

Speaker 10 (31:30):
A contact hitter with a two ninety six career average
a walk rate of twelve point five percent, Hernandez's career
hitting productivity was thirty one percent above league average. His
defensive work, he received eleven consecutive Gold Glove awards, the
most by any first basement in baseball history. He's widely

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considered the best defensive first basement of all time. He
played for seven years. That longevity tells you a lot too,
you know, Hall of Fame worthy.

Speaker 6 (32:08):
Yes, yeah, yeah, you know, Keith is a great guy.

Speaker 7 (32:14):
Obviously an amazing baseball player. I used to love to
watch him, Him and Mattingly, Like Rob said, you know,
I think they should be on the cusp of the
Hall of Fame, Like Candy was just talking about seventeen years,
eleven gold gloves in a row. The most by any
first baseman. Those are unbelievable stats. You know, two thousand

(32:36):
hits is a great accomplishment. That's one reason he's in
the booth with the Mets. You know, he's he's going
to be a lifelong Met. He's a Met legend. He
always will be. But I think his biggest accomplishment was
his acting on Seinfeld.

Speaker 6 (32:49):
It was trendous.

Speaker 7 (32:51):
I mean, he was fantastic, just kind of he was
so smooth in that.

Speaker 6 (32:57):
But you know, Keith, Keith.

Speaker 7 (32:59):
Had a great career and and I think he deserves,
you know, probably a little bit more fanfare nationally than
than he receives. You know, I think that he's kind
of a walking legend out there right now, just like Mattingly,
and those guys need to be recognized a little bit more,
you know, these people that that get to be around

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these guys at the field. You know, Mattingly is obviously
on the field with the players, and then Keith's there
at City Field every day and on the road with
with the team. And I don't think some of these
players realize who these guys are. Get here's a here's
a great story, and I don't I don't want to
keep on going on and this this is not necessarily
about Keith, but Paul Malter was. It's more about the

(33:42):
players in this age. Paul Malters coaching the Twins, he's
the manager of the Twins, he's behind the shell. And
one of our hitters for the Indians at the time
Guardians now was hitting and he's a prolific first baseman,
still still playing, and uh, somebody goes, hey, you know, anyway,

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Paul Malter said something to him about his swing or whatever,
and then we asked him when he came out and said,
do you know who that guy is? And he had
no clue who Paul Malader was like, It's like, it
was crazy to me. You know, it's not like he's
ninety five or anything. He's managing the Twins over there,
and he's a Hall of Famer. It's it's just it's amazing.

(34:22):
I hope these players, you know, pick these guys out
and talk to them, pull them aside. Hey, how can
how can I get better? You know, we saw it
with Rafael Devers and Will Will the thrill. I mean,
it's like they don't even value their opinion. It's it's
kind of insane to me.

Speaker 1 (34:41):
You know, you really struck a chord with that one.
Now you really did. I'm covering the Tampa Bay Range
and the Tigers over at Tropic Canno Field. I go
up to Mike morocc at the time, I think is
wearing Mickey Lolige's number. I'll never forget this. I mentioned
Mickey Lolandge's name. He didn't know who he was. Over.

(35:02):
I go over to Troy Percival. Troy personal, He doesn't
know how many little games you This guy don't know
about history game. Percval goes up to any game a
history lesson when you brought that up and you're really
instruct the car, Yes, you're right. A lot of these
guys just don't know the history of the game, which
is a sad thing because if it words that these guys,

(35:24):
they wouldn't be making the amount of money that they're
making to begin with, let alone the fact that the game
wouldn't be in or the shape that it is so yeah,
and is what it is, so yeah. Any Rayl makes
a good point here. It wasn't just the best master
first family. He might be also a top two Saint
Louis Cardinals first baseman as well. A few people realized
that he started his career Saint Louis Cardinals, did he did?

Speaker 4 (35:47):
So he also want the world is there and he also.

Speaker 1 (35:52):
Yeah, thanks for bringing it up.

Speaker 10 (35:55):
Keith is also in the Hall of Fame for the
Saint Louis Cardinals as well as the New York so
he's in both.

Speaker 8 (36:03):
Yeah, I think what's holding I think what's holding him
back though, is like, what is him getting caught up
in the mess and all the mess in Pittsburgh. I
think that's probably what's holding him back though. But as
you know, the Cardinals have kind of started to kind
of gradually welcome him back a little bit.

Speaker 3 (36:19):
But you know, I think that's what's holding back.

Speaker 8 (36:21):
But also, you know, people forget though he's a pretty
good announcer too, you know, in in my opinion, I mean,
the guy, the guy knows baseball, and I will I will,
I will say skip that that episode with Seinfeld, the
episode with Seinfeld.

Speaker 3 (36:33):
What which part of his acting?

Speaker 1 (36:35):
Do you like?

Speaker 3 (36:35):
What happened to Kramer and Newman or or Elaine?

Speaker 6 (36:39):
Oh yeah, yeah, that was a great part.

Speaker 7 (36:41):
Yeah, the loogie who was that that McDowell Roger Roger
would have really done that.

Speaker 6 (36:49):
They picked the right guy for that.

Speaker 1 (36:52):
So Rob, rob our Man, pray the I mean our man.
Joe was helping you out a little before tomorrow, So
go ahead, you can make reference on happen on Friday Night.

Speaker 4 (37:01):
Yes, Friday Night. Finally we're gonna have Scott and we're
gonna have Anthony Savino and it's gonna be a loud night.
As Chris said the other night when Mickey was on
the show, this is gonna be a loud night. A
lot of people are waiting for this. We're already getting
questions in that. You know, we have some questions for you, Scott,

(37:22):
and we have questions for Anthony. So there's gonna be
a lot of people watching and they've been waiting for
this one. So it's gonna be fun.

Speaker 1 (37:30):
I'm looking forward to. I'm glad we're doing it this week.
Or last week I would I wouldn't had the energy, Well,
wouldn't have done it last week. I had a lot
of energy. But this will be pretty good. I'm looking
forward to for sure. So thanks a lot Joe for
putting out there. It shall be fun. All right, who's
left in here to talk about this? We all did?

Speaker 5 (37:47):
We all?

Speaker 1 (37:47):
All right? Well, but that said Okay, now that we've
got Hernandez out all right, anybody want to learn a
little something here, because we always do that at least
once the show. And we have a couple of pretty
easier ones, but I want to make sure we got
those out there. All right, Well, let's go ahead and
learn a little something. And that's on that Mel Lot.
Get this hits his five hundred career home run as
he helped the Giants beat the Braves nine to two.

(38:10):
Get and you believe that Mel Lot five hundred career
home runs? How many people remember him? Now? Listen? Skipped
all with all due respect, we can't penalize the young
ones or not knowing me a lot. That's a lot
of reasons. Well what are your thought about mel in
the five hundred club? Yeah?

Speaker 7 (38:26):
You know what, I guess when I read this earlier today,
I didn't realize he was such a great power hitter
like that. You know, obviously, you know you hear about
mel a lot. You hear his name a lot. I
had a teammate in college with his last name was
Ot and we we kind of called him Mel, so
that was kind of fun. But I didn't realize he
hit five hundred homers in his career. But what an

(38:47):
amazing accomplishment, especially back then.

Speaker 3 (38:51):
Yeah kidding, oh, melt me.

Speaker 8 (38:53):
Lot was like a lot had multiple years of hitting
thirty or more home runs.

Speaker 3 (38:57):
He was one of the most.

Speaker 8 (38:58):
He was He was probably the power hitter of the
of the nineteen thirties aside from aside from Babe Ruth.
But you know, he's you know, one could argue that
he was probably the National League's answer answer to Babe Ruth.
He played for the New York Giants for his entire career.
He began his career at the age of seventeen, which
you know, which which is which is incredible, But you know,

(39:19):
he's a Hall of Famer for a reason. But you know,
five on her home runs back in back in that
time when power hitting was just starting to kind of
kind of take off, you know, Babe Ruth kind of
Babe Ruth kind of started it and then next thing,
you know, everybody's catching on to it. You know, it's
pretty impressive though for the time.

Speaker 4 (39:35):
Ron, Yeah, I agree, for the time definitely. And he
played twenty two years all with the Giants, which you know,
that's amazing back then, playing twenty two years from he
played from nineteen twenty six till nineteen forty seven. Think
about that. He also had twenty eight hundred and seventy

(39:59):
six hits and a three h four batting average, So
not too shabby.

Speaker 5 (40:05):
Or Scott Scott.

Speaker 7 (40:06):
In those twenty two years, he probably made half of
what Rendon's making this year.

Speaker 6 (40:17):
I just want to know what makes it a month,
and I want to I was.

Speaker 1 (40:20):
Waiting for you to come up with that skiff. That's
why you're getting better at this broadcast, because you're figuring
me out. But I knew that the ren Dome thing
was coming up some later. But now I was waiting
for you when you were going to throw it at me.
You probably, but you know, with all due respect for
the Rendon things, when you look back at it, though,
you still have to look at the years and the
money and the production. Even though I understand you set

(40:42):
the records right, And don't tell that to the owner
who expected a lot more than was the actual number.
Ever he's writ in the checks. But yeah, Rendon, you're right,
all right? Iikorn, well not to talk about it.

Speaker 9 (40:55):
So for fear in baseball he was named the most
Vibe player and then believe it or not, I talk
about longevity later in his career. What was this twentyth
fear or what he was named the MVP. So that's
quite a spread and that's an illustration of And he
also won some America League. I guess they had two

(41:17):
awards were together at one time, and then they got
split up, as as we know for MVP. So he
won when it was really young, and he won when
it was the twilight of his career. I read that
guy was a great hitter, no question about it, great
great New York ball player the Giants, and he will
always be remembered by those of us that loved the

(41:40):
national past time, no question about it.

Speaker 1 (41:42):
Well here you go, skip, Okay, Chris says it out there.
Baseball Reference has him making one hundred and six thousand
dollars in his career. And now we're talking about Rendo.

Speaker 6 (41:51):
Oh my gosh, Grinda makes that in a day.

Speaker 1 (41:55):
Exactly exactly. That's true that you mentioned.

Speaker 6 (42:03):
Troy here, here's it here.

Speaker 7 (42:05):
And I hate to tell it, I'm not a very
good storyteller, but you mentioned Troy Percival earlier and we
were talking about, you know, the money these guys make.
We were playing poker in the Angels locker room. I
guess it was two thousand and two, and uh.

Speaker 6 (42:18):
We we were we were all betting.

Speaker 7 (42:21):
I think were's one hundred dollars Annie or something, and
Troy lost a hand and everybody was kind of like, oh,
you lost whatever.

Speaker 6 (42:28):
He goes, hold on one second, Oh wait, I just
made that back.

Speaker 4 (42:32):
Just now.

Speaker 7 (42:33):
You know that these guys are making hundreds of dollars
a second.

Speaker 6 (42:36):
You know, it's crazy that the contracts they have.

Speaker 1 (42:39):
Funny, I love that story. That's a really good story. Ohy, listen,
I was shockling. Mike Maroth did know who Mickey Woland was?

Speaker 6 (42:50):
Yeah, that is shocking.

Speaker 1 (42:52):
Mickey Loan was my time how many times in Georgia?
And I said, this guy along the whole of fame.
But nod listening, George.

Speaker 7 (42:58):
You know what you know what the Angel you know
what I mean? You know what the Indians did, which
was amazing. We had this player development camp, every winner
and what we did we took all the highest prospects
in the organization that we thought were going to get
up to the big leagues and we had a person
come in and talk about all the history of the

(43:20):
Indians and all of the players, and it was pretty
amazing to kind of just, you know, get them to
take some pride in the organization.

Speaker 6 (43:28):
You know, if you're a Detroit tire, you got to
know who Mickey Lowlich is.

Speaker 1 (43:33):
That's crazy, I know, ya know, what do you think
it was like? When I had to approach it on
the bield of Tropic Camp, I was shocked. I'm telling
you my initial and that's when I turned like, all right, Candy, patiently,
wait and go ahead. You probably got numbers of opinions
or both. Go ahead.

Speaker 10 (43:50):
So, despite his power, Ott's hometown minor league team, the
New Orleans New Orleans Pelicans, refuse used to sign him
because of concerns about his size. He then found a
job at a lumber company in Patterson, near Morgan City,
where he became a sensation on the company's baseball team.

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Company owner Henry Williams was particularly impressed with Ott. While
visiting New York. He suggested that Giants manager John McGraw
give him a tryout. Ott was skeptical at first, so
Williams brought Ott a train ticket to New York. Ott
arrived in New York in early September. He quickly impressed

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observers with his hitting, especially McGraw, who predicted that he
would be one of the greatest left handed hitters the
National League has ever seen. He originally started Scott as
a catcher, but McGraw concluded that Ott was too small
to be a major league catcher and converted him to

(44:59):
an outfielder. He was five eet nine one hundred and
seventy pounds, but he led the National League in home
runs a then record six times. He became an All
Star for eleven consecutive seasons.

Speaker 6 (45:16):
Wow, five hundred homers five foot nine.

Speaker 1 (45:20):
Wow, that's pretty good. I don't think I can power it.
I'm not going to try and top it. But Kandy
tipped a sign to the fact there are no no
hitters this year, so we're going to continue our series
of no.

Speaker 3 (45:33):
Hitter was he was?

Speaker 8 (45:34):
He also was keeping mind too, he's also hitting in
a hitter's graveyard, that which was the Polo Grounds.

Speaker 1 (45:41):
Okay, all right, everybody's wondering about no hitters. There aren't
any so far. I said, you know what, we have
a new series about no hitters that we actually introduced
on Saturday. Now we have another one. Now we're going
to go out there and go back to July thirteenth,
twenty thirteen. Who threw that day? Tam linscom throws a

(46:02):
no hitter as the San Francisco Giants beat the Pondre
nine and nothing was it. He throws thirteen strikeouts. All right,
can't see you can lead off with this one. You're
gonna talk about Timmy Linzonum throwing a no hitter July thirteen,
twenty thirteen.

Speaker 3 (46:16):
I mean, he was. He was the freak for a reason.

Speaker 8 (46:19):
I mean, he you know, he was a big part
of those San Francisco Giants teams. Was was probably the
premier pitcher in the National League for a time. But yeah,
I mean, you know, I remember, I remember when that
went down. I mean, the guy was just unbelievably filthy
that day.

Speaker 4 (46:34):
Rob Yeah, well, you know, for that for that little
period of time, he was one of the best pitchers
in in baseball.

Speaker 5 (46:45):
You know.

Speaker 4 (46:45):
He won the Cy Young in two thousand and eight
and nine, right, three World Series with the Giants, four
time All Star three times I said, three time World Series,
and he led the league in strikeouts from two thousand
and eight to twenty ten, So that's three consecutive years.
So yeah, he was due to get a no hitter,
if anybody was due to hit, get a no hitter

(47:06):
with that, you know, with his wind up and everything.
He's the guy. I mean, he was great for a
couple of years.

Speaker 1 (47:15):
See, Katie, you got me interested, don't you said? Or no,
the hitters, you gave the ideas how to look for
these things, all right.

Speaker 9 (47:20):
George tim was a great pitcher. I mean, yeah, those
years that he had with the Giants, I mean just incredible,
you know. And he yeah, he is a little flair
on his side. You know, he's just got a little
bit extra flair. And I think the fans really took
them a lot, especially with the winning years he had

(47:41):
in San Francisco. Those fans really really took a liking
to him. A no hitter is so special, and as
we've talked about before, it's it's such it's such ridiculous
situations now when we're not going to be able to
probably see many complete game no hitters, like of course
we always had seen him the past.

Speaker 5 (48:00):
But yeah, he was a good picture.

Speaker 9 (48:01):
I really liked watching him, except when he played the
team in town here.

Speaker 1 (48:07):
Yeah that's okay. Yeah, I know you're trying so hard
to pretend you're a national broadcast, he tries. You know,
he's a work in progress at this age. Okay, senility
has set into both of us, especially work in this
business four and a half decades, and then in new media.
He'd been chewed out more than filling the blank. Okay,
we've had a few of those before. Anyways, on another show,

(48:28):
all right, Katie, we're going to talk about your idea
of giving me to search for no hitters. Let alone
that let's have come through the one I talked about tonight.

Speaker 10 (48:36):
Tim Liecom made his major league debut in two thousand
and seven after being a top prospect.

Speaker 2 (48:41):
In the minors for one year.

Speaker 10 (48:43):
He was one of the top pitchers in the big
leagues from two thousand and eight to twenty ten, after
winning three World Series championships with the San Francisco Giants.
A degenerative condition in his hips helped hasten his big
league depart at the age of thirty two. So for
him to have done what he did, let's face it,

(49:05):
there are very There's only what we said, three hundred
and some no hitters in the whole history of baseball,
and baseball goes back like for those of you that.
I mean, there's a lot of history to baseball, so
kudos to him. I remember talking to my dad, and

(49:26):
my dad was a baseball fanatic fan. He in fact,
he worked for one of the teams, and I think
he in all of his years of watching baseball, he
never saw a no hitter. I have been fortunate I've
seen one. But that's how rare it is. I mean,

(49:46):
if you've seen one or two, that's probably all you've seen.
You know, to think about it, and that to be
a picture. To be at that level of your craft
for one complete game, it's pretty awesome, pretty special.

Speaker 1 (50:02):
All right, Well, Skip have to leave you last on
this one because that's your forte Yeah.

Speaker 6 (50:09):
You know, I love watching Tim pitch.

Speaker 7 (50:11):
You know, when I think of Tim and I think
he didn't he throw a couple of no hitters.

Speaker 6 (50:17):
Or to just throw one. I thought he threw multiple anyway,
I know the one anyway.

Speaker 7 (50:22):
So when I think of Tim Linsencombe, I'm almost He's
kind of the first guy that people started basing these
new pitching mechanics that they're teaching today out of right.
We Candy talked about his hips going bad very early
in his career. He was called the freak for a reason,

(50:45):
and it's because this guy was a super, super duper
athlete and he used every part of his five nine,
five ten frame. He wasn't a very big guy. He
used every single ounce of his body to you know,
get that kinetic energy out of that hand to throw

(51:07):
the ball the way he could.

Speaker 6 (51:09):
And it was nasty, right.

Speaker 7 (51:11):
He had that high lead arm. He really dipped down
into that you know, into that glute and really was
the first guy to really start driving off the rubber
the way they're teaching now. And that's what I think
of when I think of Tim, I think, oh, well,
everybody's looking at this five nine, five ten guy.

Speaker 6 (51:30):
Roy Olswolte was kind of the same way. You know,
how did those.

Speaker 7 (51:33):
Guys really generate all of that velocity that they generate?
And it's because of the way they used their lower
half and the separation between their upper half and their
lower half.

Speaker 6 (51:48):
And that's what everybody's teaching today, and that's why everybody's
throwing so hard now.

Speaker 7 (51:53):
You you know, take a guy that's not five to
nine and he's six foot three, six foot four, and
you give him the same mechanics and teach to use
his body the same way, and you get one hundred
and three miles per hour like some guys are throwing.
So u You know, that's what I think about when
I think of Tim amazing athlete, really studied pitching and

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used his body the right way, and people started to
emulate that to try and be the best they could
be as well.

Speaker 3 (52:19):
You know.

Speaker 7 (52:20):
Unfortunately his career was cut short because he was using
every ounce of his body that he could. Now, maybe
this is one of the reasons that everybody's that we're
seeing more and more injuries to pitchers because we're teaching
them to throw with everything they have.

Speaker 6 (52:38):
You know, I think when.

Speaker 7 (52:39):
I was growing up, I remember coaches, Hey, throw ninety
percent and throw strikes. Get ahead, get out, you know,
get ground balls, make them put the ball in the
play the first the first three pitches. Now it's like,
sit down, drive out, throw one hundred. Punch a guy out,
doesn't matter how many pitches, we're going to get you
out after five innings, go out there and let it go.

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And we're seeing these injuries skyrocket.

Speaker 1 (53:05):
All right, so let's get a clarification. I guess he
did throw two no hitters, and it looks like there
were was against the Padres. If I'm breathing this correctly.

Speaker 10 (53:13):
Yes, he was the first picture to throw multiple no
hitters against the same team and consecutive seasons, and they
were both against the Padres. One was it at Petco Park.
It was a nine oh Giants victory where he struck
out thirteen batters.

Speaker 2 (53:27):
And the second one less.

Speaker 10 (53:28):
Than a year later in twenty fourteen, was at at
and T Park, which is now Oracle Park in San Francisco.

Speaker 1 (53:36):
Very good, interesting, all right, So we were introducing a
new segment tonight, although it's on the Wednesday, and I showed,
but Skip was on that since he liked it so much.
We're going to have two non sports topics tonight and
the travel one. The travel one I just started. But
before we do that, I have one more baseball thing
I want to get to person. If we started the
show was an altar type of idea. The team USA

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is loading up for the WBC next year. They're going
to have Aaron Judge and Tell Rowly will be there
for the catcher in twenty six But back when the
All Star Game was going, Judge's attitude about begins about
being an All Star for the seventh time. I'll be
on the couch watching this a couple of years, so

(54:19):
I'm just trying to enjoy the moment. So we'll talk
about the World base Fall Classic. But you're right, Judge
is enjoying it, and I think a lot of players
should go out there and enjoy the opportunity of be
an All Star because you'll look back on it one day. Hey,
while it was a seventh time, ten, twelve time All Star,
and that's what you'll be on your Hall of Fame
and black and he's going to be in it anyway.
So what are your thoughts about Judge playing in the

(54:42):
World Baseball Classic, Skip, as well as appreciating his All
Star situation and everybody else. I'll that you saw how
I asked the question to Skip. You can respond after.

Speaker 6 (54:50):
That, Yeah, I love the I love that approach. Right,
He's right.

Speaker 7 (54:56):
Somebody alluded to it earlier on this podcast. Don't get
to play this game forever, right, Some people get to
play it for a few years, some get to play
it for twenty two. Nolan Ryan gets to play it
for twenty seven. But most guys, you know, if you know,
I think there's two thousand people that have ten years
in the big leagues. In the history of the game,
two thousand players or coaches that have ten years in

(55:18):
the big leagues.

Speaker 6 (55:18):
That's it.

Speaker 7 (55:19):
So he is just enjoying it and going out there. Look,
is he gonna remember, you know, every game of one
hundred and sixty two game season in a major league season. No,
is he going to remember the WBC the All Star Games. Absolutely,
those are gonna think be things that he remembers until

(55:39):
he's you know, in the in the grave, and he's
gonna be telling his kids about it. He's not gonna
tell him about some random, you know game on a
on a Saturday night, you know, at Yankee Stadium. So
I love this approach. I think guys should do this.
He loves the game and he's he's he's there for
the fans. I think that's a big motive evading factor

(56:00):
for him. This guy's a great, great ambassador for baseball.
He always has been. He does everything the right way.
He's a great leader for the Yankees, and he's a
great leader for Major League Baseball. And I love that
he's gonna be participating. Everybody's gonna tune in to see
Judge the.

Speaker 1 (56:20):
Only one we respond to your comments is one way,
and I'm not saying any more on the topic. GMG
a great mindstick alike, and I'm not saying no more
about it to right on target. That's my comment for
the segment. Eric, you go ahead.

Speaker 8 (56:33):
I mean, if you if you, if you can find
a guy who somehow mixed in Don Maddingly's humbleness with
Derek Jeters leadership, you know, you got Aaron Judge right
there who's somehow been able to mix both. And you know,
you don't hear about him off the field, you know,
unless you know his unless he's you know, having a kid,
which that's just gonna make that's just gonna make news anyway.
But other than that, you don't really hear about him.

(56:54):
You know, the guy's all in. I mean, he's he's
playing the game the right way. He's he's gonna be
a you know, he's the fact that he's joined joining
Team USA is very exciting. I mean, I think with
the players that are who are announced for this team,
it's probably the best Team USA team yet. I mean,
you got Cal Rowley, You're gonna have Paul Schemes. I mean,

(57:14):
obviously the whole roster RESI been set up yet, but
you got yourself a nice team there that I think
is going to give Japan a run for his money.
And you know, it's it's it's exciting. I mean, you know,
I think Judge, I think this is great for the game.
Judge is gonna have a lot more international appeal now,
more than obviously everyone in New York knows him. But

(57:34):
the fact that he's gonna be broadcasting to a worldwide audience,
people can see just how talented of a player he
really is.

Speaker 4 (57:43):
Rob, what more could I say? I agree with everything, right,
I mean, really, what did I add to it? You know,
he's he's great. It's great that you know he's gonna
enjoy this stuff. Like Mickey said, these are the games
that he's gonna remember. He's not gonna remember a rainy
Wednesday night game against Seattle. You know, he's not gonna

(58:03):
remember that stuff. He's gonna remember this. He's gonna remember
the World Baseball Classic. And it's not only for him,
it's for the fans. They love it, and you know,
it's a good thing for baseball.

Speaker 1 (58:15):
George.

Speaker 7 (58:16):
Plus, Rob, he's not winning the World Series over there
with the Yankees, so he's got to have some kind
of memories.

Speaker 1 (58:21):
Doesn't he. That was great. I lie, I'm saying that's
a broadcast.

Speaker 8 (58:30):
I gotta put I kinda set myself up for that.

Speaker 5 (58:35):
So, yeah, that was a blow.

Speaker 1 (58:42):
That's the same one he dogged. He dogged finished here.
This is the thing about Calway. Now we know who's
come to the other side, A member of the media.
He wouldn't have gotten away with it any other place here.
Now he's a number one of us. Let's go ahead.
When I see this guy, we're gonna we're gonna get
him a media credential and a badge that said media.

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That was what earned it there.

Speaker 4 (59:06):
Scott real quick, Scott real quick. Mickey has done press
conferences with the Mets. He's been millions of people.

Speaker 1 (59:17):
I mean, you know he's on the other end of
it that. Now I got you to check around to night. Yeah.

Speaker 6 (59:25):
Before I could only I could only protect. Now I
can you know I can take.

Speaker 3 (59:31):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (59:31):
Yeah, Now I got robber kicked around tonight.

Speaker 9 (59:34):
I can't.

Speaker 1 (59:36):
You robbed tonight. You're the second head of the night.
You are the second I'm saving it for Friday, but
now I get a piece of the action. The night
and then Wednesday when I get me Bumby or whatever
whatever whatever his name is the email.

Speaker 6 (59:52):
Oh, I don't know.

Speaker 1 (59:53):
It's still a funnel and I love it. But now
Rob has been honored us a second head of the
night because Nick is on the media. All right, Rob,
take your punishment and it's okay. I'm sure you'll be
laughing at us in a boxing match on Friday night.
All right, George, Now that I got that out of
my system, there goes a couple more hours of my sleep.
Who care, I don't get it.

Speaker 9 (01:00:12):
Anyways, Judge is a good guy, and you know this
is a great check them. This is a great, great
opportunity on the world stage.

Speaker 5 (01:00:21):
So I'm on for it. I'm glad he feels that
way because they need more attraction to that series, the
World Championship. I'm our World Classic. And he'll be great
for it, he really would. He's got a good following already,
but it'll even be greater.

Speaker 1 (01:00:37):
Well, not only then he appreciates Alton in our game,
right George, that's right? Okay, good, I don't have to
call you a sick com minute to night. Rob got
it tonight. Don't worry. There'll be plenty more syctam heads
headed robbed with I love the guy, but don't get
me wrong, every time I get Robin Christ and Ahead
get out there, I'd like to just give it to
these guys. I'm usul with them. That's okay, it's a
good thing, all right, go ahead, Candy.

Speaker 10 (01:00:58):
What Aaron Judge is to MLB is what Giannis Andy
Decompo is to the NBA. They both represent their country.
They both are very good men, very outstanding, very good
in their craft, and people that young people can look
up to.

Speaker 4 (01:01:18):
Love it.

Speaker 1 (01:01:20):
Okay, well you know what, then this is probably the
right non sports topic. I needed to turn us into
the break and I'm gonna love the not sports topic
because I'm telling you, I got so many of them.
I need to find another show to put him on.
And since Mickey's on this, he doesn't get Wednesday night.
I want to burn him out. You too many. I
had to put him on Monday. I was thinking about you, Mickey,
I really did. And now we get at least one

(01:01:41):
or two of these and to travel one tonight. But
we get loosen enough so Rob doesn't have to feel
he's missing on any They Wenday when me Bumbo gets
bumbled every time he hears me, and his head rolls
over like a dradle or a top after he's thrown
over and prepared for without the topics. Anyways, anybody get that,
then you're way better than that. Now, I don't know what.
Nothing's gonna shut me up at this point. Mark even

(01:02:03):
a margarite or leave the Louisville Slugger wouldn't do it
at this point where I'm at after the duke kick earlier.
But if I'm going to Japan, I'll tell you what.
There's one of the two non topics sports time today
and japarent. People in Japan they're completely normal. And I
said normal everybody, okay, and so stakes have to take

(01:02:25):
a nap dry work, but don't do it on my show.
I got more topics yet, So normal to take a
nap at work?

Speaker 4 (01:02:33):
What do you think?

Speaker 1 (01:02:33):
Yes, socially accepted, but don't if you're ever in college,
don't do that, or that's calling is talk to me.
I got called out a few tangle. Oh we got
to keep the focus on demanded take it off me.
So all right, yeh, would you look to work at Japan.
We're socially normal and exceptable to take a nap.

Speaker 7 (01:02:49):
Well, now it's totally normal to take a nap in
Major League Baseball.

Speaker 6 (01:02:55):
They have sleep pods and a lot of the the
a lot of the clubhouses.

Speaker 7 (01:03:00):
Really, there's a lot of scientific evidence now that taking
a twenty to thirty minute nap, drinking a cup of coffee,
take a twenty minute nap, you get a four hour
burst of energy that doesn't go away. So we have
sleep pods, sleep rooms, like designated sleep rooms in some
of the clubhouses now, so guys go take a nap,

(01:03:21):
like almost right up to game time, right before they
go stretch. You'll see guys in there taking naps, and uh,
you know, it's quite quite the thing. So I think
the Japanese maybe we're ahead of their time and started
using that science to their advantage to try to be
more productive at work.

Speaker 1 (01:03:38):
I like the way you tied that in the Major
League Baseball I really do. But the Japanese are all
I thought it was.

Speaker 6 (01:03:43):
I thought it was a baseball subject. I thought you
knew that that was going on in the big leagues.

Speaker 1 (01:03:48):
I had to leave a little something out there for
you because you have the inside. I don't get pub
house access the marm going to know? How am I
going to know? Really, I don't get it out there.
I had to fight for what I could get better
with them, right, Candy? You know, we go ahead to
the dugout media availability and the Marlins kicked at a
player this weekue and we did it in advance, and
that's how I got Don manningly through the jay.

Speaker 4 (01:04:10):
No.

Speaker 1 (01:04:10):
Really, this is one of those It wasn't a baseball subject,
but if you wanted to make it one because you
had updates, I have no problem with doing it, because
you won't be able to do the next one with
an enough date, But you got away with this last one.
That's why. All right, Candy, you don't need to research this.
If you want to research it, what your thoughts on
the Japanese taking a nap at work and then we'll
go to a station break after that.

Speaker 10 (01:04:30):
I think it's a great idea because I think if
someone's tired and you're just trying to plow through the day,
you don't get that burst of energy, so your work,
the output of work that you're putting out significantly decreases.
So if you can take a quick twenty twenty minute
power n app that'll help you increase your productive productivity, And.

Speaker 1 (01:04:53):
I'm all for it.

Speaker 10 (01:04:54):
I mean, let's face it, a lot of people think
that when you go to lunch and you have you know,
if you have a big lunch, you get food comban,
you're just like dragging and stuff like that. So to
take a nap, I'm all for it, although don't extend
my workday.

Speaker 1 (01:05:11):
C cute, all right.

Speaker 8 (01:05:15):
I mean, Japan is ahead of the United States and
a lot of in in virtually a lot of different categories.
And the fact that the United States hasn't adopted this. Bro,
when you're like at your desk just trying to plow away, bro,
it does not work. Eventually you hit the crash. I mean,
you're trying your best to just to stay awake there,
trying to trying to do whatever.

Speaker 3 (01:05:34):
But now it's not gonna work.

Speaker 8 (01:05:35):
But I'm you know, the fact that the United States
hadn't caught onto this is rather shocking. They believe in,
you know, squeeze every ounce out of you to the
point where you can barely walk out the door. But
I mean, but but if anything, anything, George Costanza tried this,
tried this while he worked for the Yankees, and you
know it worked out pretty well for him when he
fell asleep under his death. So in the in the

(01:05:56):
spirit of Seinfeld, you know, you know it's I wish
more and more companies adopted adopted this because I have
a feeling they'd be making a lot more money.

Speaker 1 (01:06:07):
Rob. Yeah, I don't. I don't go ahead and relift Rob.
So if you want to take the mute button off,
I can later understand you. It's all right, Sorry about that.

Speaker 4 (01:06:20):
I had a motorcycle go by. I'm in a high
rise and I did not want you to hear that.

Speaker 1 (01:06:24):
But you could take a nap.

Speaker 4 (01:06:30):
What I was saying, Are you trying to tell me
that all the naps I took while I was working
was not acceptable in the United States?

Speaker 1 (01:06:40):
I'm telling you, I just I'm just learning this now.

Speaker 4 (01:06:42):
I thought it was all right.

Speaker 1 (01:06:44):
I'm not telling you nothing. You are learning.

Speaker 3 (01:06:46):
And again.

Speaker 4 (01:06:50):
The SEC the media for thirty eight, thirty eight years
in management, they didn't see me.

Speaker 1 (01:06:56):
Is that all?

Speaker 3 (01:06:57):
So you just shut your blog with just just your
you're out cold. I didn't.

Speaker 4 (01:07:03):
I'm only kidding, guys.

Speaker 1 (01:07:05):
I had to mess with rop tonight. I wait for
this opportunity. He left thirty eight. That's all George. He's
a rookie.

Speaker 5 (01:07:16):
I'mired.

Speaker 4 (01:07:17):
That's it.

Speaker 5 (01:07:18):
You're a rookie.

Speaker 1 (01:07:19):
So smart man.

Speaker 9 (01:07:23):
Well, the thing I could say is I I wouldn't
be I wouldn't want to be the manager policing that, okay,
because you're you're looking after Okay, let's see, Sally started
her nap at eleven ten, George started his at eleven thirty.

Speaker 5 (01:07:37):
Come on, Candy, you're a manager.

Speaker 9 (01:07:39):
You're gonna go walking around and saying okay, George, time
to get up. It's not gonna happen, not in the
United States, and it and it can't be equal because
if you're working in the manufacturing environment on the assembly line,
definitely they cannot see you be away for that long
a time. And so so you got this, you know, Okay,

(01:07:59):
White Collarey can do it. Back Brown, I mean, blue
collar guys can't do it. I don't see it working here.
But I give Japan credit is somehow working for them.

Speaker 5 (01:08:08):
I have to find out more details how they pull
that off. But that's uh, that's just my two cents.

Speaker 1 (01:08:13):
All right, Well, your two cents is good enough for me.
I enjoyed that response because yeah, you did work in
the assembly lines for a little bit of implement Detroit,
And you make a valid point, But I'm going to Katy,
I'm waiting for a ballid station break. Did you comment
on this one, Candy, I think you did right.

Speaker 2 (01:08:26):
I did comment on this one.

Speaker 10 (01:08:28):
But I've also worked on in the assembly line in
factories and stuff like that too, And I still say
to you, get more output, A twenty minute nap would
be beneficial.

Speaker 1 (01:08:39):
I don't qualify for any of it because I don't
sleep anyway. So take me out of the equation, right,
Go ahead, Katy. But I'm not taking out of the
equation for a station break.

Speaker 2 (01:08:47):
Go ahead, okay.

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Speaker 2 (01:10:10):
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They already know about your involvement, that you're going to
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all right, We're going to go back to New York
for a moment. New York Yankees to host Mets on
twenty fifth anniversary of nine to eleven. It's the second
time that New York squad will play each other on

(01:10:31):
September eleventh. The teams met at City Field on twenty
twenty one for the twentieth anniversary. Rob, were you at
that game?

Speaker 4 (01:10:38):
No, that was at I was not there. That was
at City Field. That was when the Mets won seven
to six. I believe I did watch it, but I listen.
I like when I like that they honor the first
responders by wearing the hats of you know, FDNY and

(01:11:00):
Lease and the EMTs. I know, Mickey, when when you
manage the Mets for those two years, you wore the
you wore the hatch.

Speaker 6 (01:11:07):
Right, Yes, I did.

Speaker 7 (01:11:09):
And that's one of my favorite keepsakes from from my
time in baseball is the FDN Y.

Speaker 4 (01:11:14):
Hat that I have. Yeah, so it's a you know,
I love that they do that, Scott.

Speaker 1 (01:11:20):
Yeah, well, you know what, as you went upstairs and
talk to the skip, you can talk about it out too. Yeah.

Speaker 6 (01:11:25):
I mean, I love it, right.

Speaker 7 (01:11:26):
I think New York is the place and they should
try to do that on that anniversary every year if
they can schedule and wise, because that's the city that
was affected so so much by that that tragic event.
And uh, like like Rob said, anytime you have our
first responders on the field, I got to sit there,
stand there next to them during the national anthem, and

(01:11:49):
it was it was just a thrill to get to
be around those guys, to get to meet them and
stand out on the field, you know, with my hat
over my heart.

Speaker 6 (01:11:58):
Uh you know, you know, really.

Speaker 7 (01:12:02):
Just an emotional moment every time there they're out there.
And you know, we usually did it once once a year,
and and I really really immensely enjoyed it.

Speaker 4 (01:12:11):
Well.

Speaker 1 (01:12:11):
I mean I love when they played God Bless America
and all the games in Santathinnia. It's great. And again
we have to give our respect for the first founders
as well.

Speaker 9 (01:12:19):
Eric.

Speaker 3 (01:12:21):
Oh yeah, every every, no, every this is great for baseball.

Speaker 8 (01:12:24):
I mean I wish I wish they did it every year,
given that, given the magnitude of of what happened, I mean,
you know, especially when baseball eventually came back. You had
Mike Piazza's home run against the against the Atlanta Braves
an iconic moment, and the Yankees went to the World
Series that year. I mean, you know, it's it's gonna
be great for baseball, the fact that you see them
once a year where and you know, either the the

(01:12:47):
hat of the New York Fire Department or the or
the hat of the New York Police Department.

Speaker 3 (01:12:52):
To be truthful, I wish it.

Speaker 8 (01:12:53):
Would be the one game every year where where anybody
who was involved at the event gets should should be
able to look go in and enjoy the game for free.
I mean, come on, it's not that much to ask,
given that, given the atrocities that they saw that day.
It's also also every year I tend to call my
parents to make sure that they're op that they're okay,
given that, given that my father worked at worked in

(01:13:15):
that building for a number of years, obviously pre nine
to eleven. But still, but still, it's gonna be great
for baseball.

Speaker 3 (01:13:22):
It's a great day all round.

Speaker 8 (01:13:24):
And I'm just happy to see those two New York
teams play on that day, given that it was it
happened in New York City. I kind of moments happened
to both teams during that period of time. And you know,
overall though, it's going to be just great for baseball
and great for New York City all around.

Speaker 5 (01:13:42):
George, Yeah, I think it's a great idea.

Speaker 9 (01:13:46):
I know they're you know, gonna celebrate with a lot
of special activities because it'll be the twenty fifth anniversary.
And I'll never forget when the President came out to
that world serious game and through that ball and that
will invation that he got on the field at Yankee Stadium.
That was not the first game back, obviously, but it

(01:14:07):
meant a lot because it was the healing that had
to happen in this country. So when he came out
there and signified and that he was, you know, kind
of representing everybody to throw out that first pitch was
really symbolic. And you're right, I mean, you know, I
don't know why we we don't do more celebrating of it.
I mean, we have a lot of days in the

(01:14:28):
calendar year for baseball, fighting cancer and Jackie Robinson Dad.

Speaker 5 (01:14:34):
Don't get me wrong, these are all good days.

Speaker 9 (01:14:36):
But like you said, Eric, I mean, this day is
etching all our memories full of sadness and in sorrow
and shock too. So I think it'll be really good,
and they should try to schedule that game every year.
I think the Mets and the Yanks.

Speaker 10 (01:14:52):
Nobody liked what happened on nine to eleven, but I
think we all would agree that we liked the America
that came out of that was there on nine to twelve.
And I think this is a memory, a memory, a
remembrance of how the country came together, how we you know,
we all were one, We all talked about being united,

(01:15:15):
and you know, I loved the symbolism with all the
flags that we had that were American flags. I loved
how you know, the NFL came back, they came out
the first game that was played, they carried the American
flag out onto the field. You know, I think all
these little gestures are just great reminders that sometimes we

(01:15:38):
need to be reminded of the bad things that happened
in our country because they're history.

Speaker 2 (01:15:43):
And I think so much of our history isn't brought
to attention.

Speaker 10 (01:15:49):
Like you guys talked about earlier on the broadcast, young
baseball players don't know Mickey Lohlich like you, how do
you play the game and how do you not know history?
So I think these two teams playing each other on
as a commemorative on that day is just a great remembrance.

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And like we Scott, you and I visited the Trade
Center and the memorial that they have, and I think
those kind of those history things you need to do.
So I think kudos to the New York teams if
they can, you know, do that, you know, every year
and play each other. I think we need more and

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more of that.

Speaker 1 (01:16:31):
Yeah, I definitely we had a lot more tops of
diet to not only more sports, so will continue to
roll number one. I definitely applauded to move. All right,
Let's go back to a trade deadline. Dale. This is
an interesting one because it has a good name with
tached to it. But the Kansas City Royals did trade
for MICUs Tripsky from the San Francisco Giants. Are your
thoughts about that trade?

Speaker 8 (01:16:49):
Eric, I mean, you know, I mean the Giants, you know,
I mean, yeah, they're playing better baseball, the better baseball now,
but you know, that's just how baseball goes.

Speaker 3 (01:16:59):
But give it.

Speaker 8 (01:16:59):
But at the time, at the time though, they just
they just had to get get get what they could
because you know, they need they need young guys right now.
Because what they have going is not working. But you know,
but but but to me, it was like but to me,
the Giants were just doing what they had to do
at that point. I mean, it's it's just, you know,
it's just part of doing business in baseball is if

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you think you can get something off a certain player,
you go, you go ahead, and you go ahead.

Speaker 1 (01:17:25):
And do it.

Speaker 8 (01:17:25):
But with the with the Royals, though, he's been unbelievable,
you know, seven home runs, fourteen rbi and he's he's
slashed two thirty five, three twenty four, five oh four
with an ops of eight twenty eight. And he's been
an above average hitter in Kansas City, then he was
in San Francisco. But part of the reason too, is
San Francisco is there is again another one of those

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hitter graveyards where in order to.

Speaker 3 (01:17:48):
Hit a home run you really have to give it
a whack a whack over there.

Speaker 8 (01:17:52):
And you know, but you know, he's in a hitter
friendly ballprockt and it's been great to see him thrive there.

Speaker 4 (01:17:58):
Rob Yeah, well, well, the Giants at the time were sellers,
right who knew that they were going to start winning,
and they were only a game and a half behind
the Mets for that last wildcard spot, right, but for
Kansas City. You know, sometimes that happens on the trade,
you know, with these trade deadline trades. He goes to
Kansas City, he's re energized, right, and he starts hitting,

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and then we see the opposite where they're traded, and
they just die. And I'm not going to mention any names,
but it is I'm going to mention the name. It's
happening to Mullins with the Mets. I applauded that move,
and he just it's not working out in New York
for Mullens. So you have Yaz is doing great in

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Kansas City, Mullins not so good in New York, both
trade deadline trades.

Speaker 9 (01:18:52):
Okay, George, Yeah, I mean Yustimski obviously his grandfather always
being our memory those of us that love that baseball
back at Fenway Park in nineteen sixty seven, I believe
it was Carl and you know, and the kids had
you know, he's been a little bit up and down.

Speaker 5 (01:19:10):
Okay.

Speaker 9 (01:19:11):
So he started out with Frisco back in twenty nineteen.
He had some decent numbers, you know, twenty one home runs,
twenty five home runs another year, and I think this
will help him out, not only to get on a
new team, but create more excitement for him and his
family and his career. Kansas City has been you know,
up and down. They're ten games out right now behind Detroit.

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But the fact matter is is I think the trade
was a good one for Kansas City. You know, he's
a good ballplayer and I really like him. I think
that you know, getting the right coaches and getting the
right time and maybe cutting down some more on his strikeouts,
which a lot of players need to do that, not
just him.

Speaker 5 (01:19:53):
I think it'll be good. It'll be a good move
for him in Kansas City.

Speaker 10 (01:19:56):
Yeah, Candy, I think sometimes we forget when you are
traded in the middle of the season, you're going to
a team that's already set. You already have personalities. Now
the question is how welcoming are the rest of the
players to you and open to you coming in and

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playing with them. And I want to say, there are
some personalities where that happens really instinctively, and sometimes it doesn't.
And so I think that affects you. I think it
affects you. What kind of media market are you going into?
Are you getting traded to the Mets, and now you're
going to be under pressure because the media scrutiny is

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out there.

Speaker 2 (01:20:40):
Or are you going to a.

Speaker 10 (01:20:41):
Small market team, you know that where they're more open
and forgiving. And so there's a lot that goes into
some of these trades that I don't think we think
of on the personal level and side of things that
can affect how you play on the field as well.

Speaker 7 (01:21:01):
Yeap, Yeah, I mean, I totally agree with Candy. All
those things are definitely huge factors when you're going to
another team, and you know, sometimes you know, usually what
happens at the trade deadline is you're on a team
that was hoping to do a little bit better and
things have gone south and the attitude is not great.

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Then you go over to a team that has a
chance to go to the playoffs, that's why they're trading
for you, and you see this whole new, rejuvenated atmosphere
that you haven't seen in a while, probably since spring training,
and you know, you kind of rubs off on you
and you start to play really well, and like Rob said,

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it can go the other way. You know, there's no
guarantees in any trades, but I like Uscrimsky. You know,
I saw I managed against him in twenty nineteen when
he came up. I like the way he swung the
bat back then. And you know, I think he's going
to be a good addition for them. He's a good acquisition.
At the trade deadline, you know, we all saw it.

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You know, the San Francisco had just had to make moves.
You know, Bob came out and said, hey, we just
got to do what we got to do. We got
to go get some young players because the direction we're
going isn't working.

Speaker 6 (01:22:15):
And then look what happens.

Speaker 7 (01:22:16):
You go get some of the young players an opportunity,
and all of a sudden, everything's rejuvenated over there. So
baseball is a crazy game. Anything can happen, especially with
trades and things like that. So I think it was
a great move for both teams. Right, It just wasn't
working out in San fran and then the Royals had
a need and he's producing, so great trade on both sides.

Speaker 1 (01:22:40):
In my opinion, I'll just make mine short and sleep.
I think Opamellion wines up with the Boston Red side
plays at Fenlay Park. That's what I think. So now
what that said, I'm going to segue to a Boston topic. Okay,
all o, there's a method for my manage. Louis Tian
on July third, nineteen sixty eight. Okay, Louis Tian. Yeah,

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I thought the lights went out in New York when
Rob popped out because I mentioned. Okay, So on July third,
nineteen sixty eight, Louision strakes out nineteen hitters and ten
innings of war. This performance helped leave the Indians so
a one to nothing victory over the Minnesota Twins. Deon
since two modern day records in most in a ten

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inning affair and thirty two strikeouts in consecutive nights. Mister pitching,
what are your thoughts about Altiante's accomplishment?

Speaker 7 (01:23:32):
Yeah, I mean he he was obviously an awesome pitcher, right,
He's forever be in baseball lore just because of the
way he pitched and how successful he was. I loved
his delivery, right, we all know the cool delivery, but
he you know, striking out nineteen batters in a game
is ridiculous. I remember I was there for Corey Klueber's

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eighteen strikeout performance against Saint Louis Cardinals, and it really
feels like they're striking everybody out on three pitches that
walks up to the plate.

Speaker 6 (01:24:02):
It's insane.

Speaker 5 (01:24:03):
You know.

Speaker 7 (01:24:03):
He's just like, how is he doing this? Uh so,
I you know, I can only imagine nineteen and then
thirty two in consecutive days.

Speaker 1 (01:24:09):
You said, and thirty two that's that's crazy. Start.

Speaker 7 (01:24:15):
Oh consecutive starts. Okay, I thought back to back days.
I was like, that's even more insane. But you know that,
I'm sure something somebody's done that. But he you know,
that's amazing. Thirty two strikeouts in two games and two
starts for a man, for a starting pitcher.

Speaker 6 (01:24:30):
That's that's that's unheard of.

Speaker 1 (01:24:32):
That's why I brought it up, like these stacks that
are unheard of that I don't worry that playing more
of that game from can't he?

Speaker 10 (01:24:41):
This is this is really up Mickey's alley, because that's
a picture's dream. Whereas if you, for me as a fan,
I like to see a little bit more hitting, you know,
But if you're if you love so, the one thing
I would say it back in the day, if you
wanted to see a short game, this is gonna be
one of your shorter games. Because you know, a picture's

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duel like that, when you're striking, everybody out goes a
lot quicker, so they wouldn't have needed the pace of
the gate probably back then when he was pitching. But uh,
you know, kudos to him because I can't imagine. I
can't imagine doing that, you know, but good accomplishment.

Speaker 1 (01:25:21):
Imo was like Louis's quirky motion with his eyes and
head all over the head. You know, we just got
a bobblehead the other day. Can you imagine what a
bobblehead would look like? Would be very accurate. Yeah, yeah,
he was a he was a pitching bobblehead every four
or five days.

Speaker 8 (01:25:40):
Well, I mean Louis Tian's obviously, you know, a guy
who's forever in baseball. Laura actually in the seventy five
in the nine to seventy five World Series, mister hit
King himself. Pete Rose wondered how he was going to
hit that guy. And Pete Rose has hit just about
anybody and everybody, you know, you know, haul from from
a scrub to a Hall of famer. But you know, again,
you know, nineteen strikeouts, that's hard to do, especially nowadays

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when it seems like, you know, I don't think we'll
see it now, especially when teams are are polling the
after six seven, six seven innings. Once in a while
you get you'll get a Trek School perfect game. But
other than that, though, you know, you're not gonna you're
not gonna really see that anymore. But it's definitely definitely
cool to see. I mean, it's it's just one of
the many accomplishments Police has has had. What when he played, Okay, Rob.

Speaker 4 (01:26:26):
I was lucky enough to see play at Yankee Stadium
the Red Sox Yankees when I was a kid. Yes,
sometimes I went to Yankee Stadium more no, no, no,
And that motion was great. I mean, it's just you know,

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I I was lucky. I was in the box seats,
so I got to get a really good view of
that motion when I was a kid, loved it. He
was great. That was a great accomplishment.

Speaker 1 (01:27:00):
Organ.

Speaker 9 (01:27:02):
Yeah, he was a great pitcher, no question about it.
Had the chance to see him I think one time
at Tiger Stadium. Just a remarkable athlete and representing the
start of good things for Major League Baseball from the
Caribbean and getting teams from I mean players, excuse me,

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from Central America. He finished twelve and nine that year,
which even though he had so many strikeouts. He finished
with two hundred and nineteen strikeouts in nineteen sixty seven.
But the important thing was is that he led the
Red Sox to the American League Pennant, even though they
came up short against Saint Louis. Of course, in the

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World Series that year. He had a remarkable season, as
did Carl Yustrimsky that we alluded to earlier, the year
he won.

Speaker 5 (01:27:50):
The Triple Crown Louis Tiat.

Speaker 9 (01:27:53):
Yeah.

Speaker 5 (01:27:53):
Yeah, people always said, oh, he's lying about his age. Hey,
who gives it? You know what?

Speaker 9 (01:27:59):
The guy was colorful. The guy was a great pitcher.
He did what he did, Like you said, Scott, he
had that unique style with those.

Speaker 5 (01:28:05):
Eyes and turning of his head. I like to watch
it him pitch. I really did. And that isn't a
great achievement on those strikeouts, by the way, Yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:28:12):
For sure. Ever since we've brought Calaway on, I always
like to come off these pitching staffs. Go ahead, Can
you want to add something to it?

Speaker 10 (01:28:18):
I do want to add something to it, because tonight,
Trey you Savage records nine strikeouts in his major league
debut setting a new Blue Jays record. So I just
had to add that since we're talking about strikeouts for
a kid in his major league debut to set the

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Toronto Blue Jays record, that's pretty cool too.

Speaker 1 (01:28:41):
All right, thanks for having all Right, Well, one guy
won't strike out because he's retiring to the Hall of Fame,
and we like to do an each row and an
old Ryan comparison. Will do one right now. But get this,
e Thiro Suzuki never struck out four times in a
game in six hundred and fifty three career MLB games.
You struck out not just twenty two occasions. He struck

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out on just twenty two occasions three times. Skip. This
is too surreal.

Speaker 7 (01:29:08):
With each row, yeah, I mean contact hitter, right, If
you watch each row in batting practice, he's practicing like
he plays in the game. I've also heard and I've
seen that he could hit the ball out of the
ballpark at any.

Speaker 6 (01:29:23):
Moment he wanted to, Right.

Speaker 7 (01:29:25):
I've seen him take VP and then all of a sudden, oh,
let's hit some homers and it's just ten in a row. Right,
But that goes to show you he valued getting hits.
He could have hit forty five homers a year easily,
but he wanted hits and that's what his team needed.
He wanted to get on base, and that's what the
game's all about. And you know, I think he is

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a Hall of Famer because of it. If he was
up there trying to hit homers, I don't think he
makes it to a Hall of Fame, right, And I
don't think his teams benefit from him as much just
trying to sit there and hit homers. So I loved,
you know, who he was as a player and the
way he played, and that doesn't surprise me. That he
never struck out four times in a game. That is

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not surprising to me at all.

Speaker 1 (01:30:12):
Don't worry, I got more stance on him in the
coming weeks. I'm just trying to cherry pick the ones
that I think they're the most interesting week in and
week out based on where the show's going.

Speaker 8 (01:30:19):
All right, Eric, Well this is I mean, it doesn't
shock me because it's the same guy who who was
once quoted saying he liked infield hits better than and
impressing people with his technique than his brute strength, which
but you know, again he Chierro was like the best
all round player.

Speaker 3 (01:30:36):
You know, he could Homer if he really wanted to.
He's he was just that good. But nah, he was.

Speaker 8 (01:30:41):
You need a dumb for him, you got it. You
need to stolen base from him, you got it. You
needed in a field hit for him, you got it.
And if that ball has hit on if that ball
is just hitting the grass, though, good luck getting him.

Speaker 3 (01:30:51):
But it's you know, it's again.

Speaker 8 (01:30:53):
That's another reason why he was just truly one of
the best all round players of my generation.

Speaker 1 (01:31:01):
Rob.

Speaker 4 (01:31:02):
All I got to say is one vote, really one vote,
That's all I got to say about it.

Speaker 9 (01:31:10):
George, He's sure was a great ballplayer. He was great
when he played in Asia. He's great when he came
to the United States, no question about it. I mean,
his hitting promiss was fantastic, It really was. And I
think Major League Baseball fans ought to be grateful. I'm
sure most of them are that he you know, bulk

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of his career was in the United States, and certainly
the Hall of Fame honor was long overdue.

Speaker 5 (01:31:37):
I know there's a waiting period, of course, I know that.

Speaker 9 (01:31:39):
But I think he really connected with a lot of
fans and a lot of fans who here to four
might not follow major League Baseball, of course, being the
fact that he was coming from you know, Asia, and
just a great following of fans and a great following
and a great career.

Speaker 1 (01:31:56):
Well see to me. They wait till next week. I'll
have another stand. All right. Well, but that said, yeah,
he does seems to amaze me. L right, I'll go
on on Nolan Ryan's stat of the night. Wait wait, wait, wait,
go ahead, Candy, thank you. That's all right.

Speaker 10 (01:32:09):
So he had incredible speed. He studied pictures closely cited
by CBS Sports and sourced from fan graphs. For a
period starting in two thousand and two, each your of
batted balls were distributed almost perfectly evenly to his pull side,

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the right side thirty one point three percent of the time,
up the middle thirty five point three percent of batted balls,
and to the opposite field thirty three point four percent
of the batted balls, so he could put it wherever.

Speaker 1 (01:32:44):
Okay, you're done with status. You'll ruin my future segments
on this. That's probably why I had you scoreman. Okay,
that's why. Because you're always gonna come up with stuff.
You're going to ruin my segments. Really, I'm Nolan Ryan, now,
you know. Okay, in nineteen eighty nine, at the age

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of forty two, Nolan Ryan the five by the time,
leading the league with three hundred one strikeouts and two
hundred and thirty nine eighty fish. This will never be broken. Skip.
What do you think about Nolan and Ryan amassing those numbers?

Speaker 7 (01:33:19):
Yeah, that's insane forty two years old, you said at
the time. I said, Wow, that's just that's just amazing.
You know, most guys are starting their coaching career hit
that point in time, you know, or a few years
in it. So, I mean, he was the bet, he
was the man, he was my he was my hero.
I loved the work ethic. I loved the bulldog mentality,

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you know. Obviously I loved seeing how how the pitch
shapes that that he would feature up there when he
was when he was pitching, it was unbelievable. The way
he could make his you know, change up drop and
his curveball curve. It was just fascinating. So but to
do it at forty two, that's just insane. That nobody
ever do that again.

Speaker 5 (01:34:00):
For sure.

Speaker 1 (01:34:01):
That's why it's on their three because all right, Candy,
go ahead. You know the drill this second time? Right,
you really want me to speak? Well, that's why I
went on. That's why I give it to you a
second this time, and I didn't give you enough time
to respond an ad to it.

Speaker 10 (01:34:18):
He consistently clocked his pitches were clocked over one hundred
miles per hour. He maintained his velocity throughout his career.
He was an exceptional pitcher, and he struck out a
lot of people.

Speaker 2 (01:34:32):
Good kudos, great career.

Speaker 1 (01:34:36):
That's a good response for Nolan Ryan. Okay, this is general.
There are two people you can use general responses e
Tro Suzuki and Nolan Ryan. Okay, Eric, ob.

Speaker 3 (01:34:46):
Mean it's the express I mean, you know we shouldn't
be surprised.

Speaker 8 (01:34:50):
I mean when you went in the box, when you
went in the batter's box against him, you had to
buckle up because you knew the hundred plus mile an
hour heat was coming. You know if this guy, you know,
Nolan Ryan's just thing credible. He's in my my'm the
greatest picture of all time. And you know the fact,
I mean he did it, he did it consistently and
well for a long long time.

Speaker 1 (01:35:10):
Twenty eight years.

Speaker 4 (01:35:10):
All right, Rob, And what more could I add to you, know,
this conversation about Nolan Ryan. He was the best, right
and forever.

Speaker 1 (01:35:20):
He did it forever.

Speaker 4 (01:35:21):
It's like I'm a little kid watching Nolan Ryan, and
then I'm in high school watching him, and I'm out
of high school and he's still pitching. That is what's
amazing to me. That is amazing.

Speaker 1 (01:35:32):
Yeah, and you're on Tuesday nights and you get more
information every Tuesday night when I dig it out of
my pocket and throw it at your direction. Okay, go ahead, George.

Speaker 5 (01:35:41):
Well look at it this way. He was in four decades.

Speaker 9 (01:35:44):
Okay, he began in nineteen sixty six, so you'd see
him in the sixties, the seventies, the eighties, and the nineties.

Speaker 5 (01:35:51):
And his career totals.

Speaker 3 (01:35:53):
I know that, you know, a five.

Speaker 9 (01:35:55):
Twenty six winning percentage isn't the best, but come on,
three hundred and twenty four wins. This man had three
nineteen ERA and all the strikeouts we've talked about innings
pitched unbelievable. Yeah, the Express was was really really taking
down a lot of teams. Boy, you have you face

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this guy and you better be ready to buckle it.

Speaker 5 (01:36:17):
Up.

Speaker 1 (01:36:19):
All right, we have another pitching topic I like to
get in these, mister Caloyes on, We're gonna talk about
Blake SNeW This time he starts out ten and a
second inning outing back from the IL when five scoreless
innings all encouraging this, this is a skip. When Blake
Snell is able to go ten and a second outing
back after being on the IL.

Speaker 7 (01:36:38):
Yeah, that's awesome, and it's great for the team. It's
great for his confidence because anytime you're coming off the
aile like that, you always kind of wonder, am I
going to be ready to face major league hitters? Do
I need to lengthen my rehab stint or whatever. So
it's always a question, and you know, above everybody's head
and including the players, when you can come back and

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strike out ten guys and your second outing back, it's
gonna be probably a huge boost for him. So you
can see the cy young Blake Snell that that we've
all seen in the past, and I think that'll really
help him moving forward.

Speaker 10 (01:37:16):
And it helps not only him his team, but the
relief pitchers behind him because the longer he can go
right after coming back out is great because you want
to you want your relief pitchers to be pitching as
few innings as possible, Aaron.

Speaker 8 (01:37:36):
I mean, you know, the Dodgers desperately need pitching, especially
given that they're given that their their arms seem to
fall into the ground just about every season, even though
they think that, even though they think even though they
signed these guys to a lot of money, and next
thing you know, I'm staring at a pitcher's graveyard at
Dodger Stadium. It's you know, but again, it's nice to
see that he's returned. I mean, you know, I'm hoping that,

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you know, the Dodger for the Dodger's sake, hope. I
hope he can get past five innings because that's been
his biggest problem because he's always been a five and
fly guy. But but you know, but yeah, the Dodgers
are gonna need him down the stretch. They need him
at his best though, because you know this, You know
that the Dodgers are are going up against the gauntlet
come come the postseason, and man, they have a target

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bigger than bigger than Chavis Ravine on their back.

Speaker 4 (01:38:23):
That's funny, Rob, Yeah, it's great for him, It's great
for the Dodgers. Just in time for the postseason, right,
the Dodgers are getting healthier and they're gonna need him.
But like Kat said, I don't know, you know, is
he is he gonna go five innings? Is he gonna
go past five innings? I don't know. But you know

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in the playoffs, they really they need him to do
what he just did in the postseason, that's for sure.

Speaker 1 (01:38:52):
George.

Speaker 9 (01:38:54):
Yeah, I mean, you know, there was a big investment
getting him and assigning him and uh, you know again
another pitcher who has a great, great amount of talent,
and unfortunately, so many of these pitchers are going down
during the season with injuries. So yeah, of course the
Dodgers are very pleased that he's back. And if he
can continue what he did the other day, I mean,

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that would be a big boost for them. Obviously, he's
only appeared in nine games so far this season, but
he's got a good work ethic and he's got great stuff.
I expect good things from him the rest of the way.

Speaker 1 (01:39:32):
Yeah, I've got a good manager, Dave Roberts. Dave Roberts
knows how to re pitchers pretty well. We'll go on
to one pass trade deadline. Then we're going to wrap
it up a two non sports so that we have
a little bit fun with it. The pass trade out
of ligne met with upon of times. The Detroit Nigers
on August twelfth, nineteen eighty seven, traded away Johnson Moolts
eating pitching for the drive they get Goele Alexander smoll

(01:39:54):
to Philippie Richmond Brains. Listen, a lot of people are
going to say the praise in the trade. I disagree.
It was a win win foot ball if you try
needed it. They got to vision title, got serviceable. But
we know the small turn up the Hall of Famer.
What are your thoughts about the trades get Yeah, I mean,
like you.

Speaker 7 (01:40:08):
Said, I think anytime you trade a Hall of Famer
away you've made a bad decision, especially if you're a
Detroit fan.

Speaker 1 (01:40:17):
Right.

Speaker 7 (01:40:17):
No, I think I think that's a good It was
a good trade. Like you said, both both teams benefited. Obviously,
Smolty went on to have an amazing, amazing career, both
starting and relieving.

Speaker 6 (01:40:30):
So what a great trade it was for the Braves.

Speaker 7 (01:40:34):
And then you know, as long as the other team
gets what they need in the moment, you're you're okay
trading away you know a prospect or too, even if
they end up blossoming, you can't predict the future. So
these front offices have a really tough decisions when when
they're trading people, and you know, you make one bad
trade and it hangs over your head and you're known

(01:40:56):
for that trade for the rest of your life. So
trades are not easy, always trying to win them if
you're one team or the other. But it sounds like
this one was was beneficial for both teams.

Speaker 1 (01:41:06):
Yeah, I think so too. I mean, I don't think
anybody Entiger organization. That's the smallest wild get in the
Hall of Fame. But he had a good, excellent career
and they they were they were going out there looking
for the president, all right, Candy.

Speaker 10 (01:41:18):
As a front office, you assess where your team is
and where you want your team to be, and so
you try and figure out who's best going to get
you there. So sometimes the trade is trading away someone
that may be a fan favorite. Maybe you know someone
that has made an indelible mark on your franchise, but

(01:41:40):
you're you're looking for the future some of Sometimes if
you're a team that's on the bubble, you want just
that one little player that's gonna, you know, take you
to the next level, so you're gonna do whatever you want.
So it sounds like they both benefited from the trade.
So it was a win win trade.

Speaker 3 (01:42:03):
Well, you know, I know, I know of the trade.

Speaker 8 (01:42:05):
I mean, the Tigers were in a position where they
could win right now, and sometimes when you're in win
right now, you have to give up. You have to
be willing, be willing to mortgage, mortgage the future. I
wouldn't even I would say it's a win win for
both for both sides because because again the Tigers they
won their World Series championship. I mean, they got their
parade and then that the Braves obviously, you know, they

(01:42:27):
got you know, Johnson Moltz went on to do great things,
great things for the Atlanta Braves, ended up having one
of the more unique careers in baseball, both as a
starter and as a closer. And you know, again, I
wouldn't I wouldn't fault the Tigers for making the move.
You know, I wouldn't even call it. I wouldn't even
fault the Braves for for doing what they had to do.
I mean, it's just, you know, it's just the situation
they were in at the time the Tigers. You know again,

(01:42:50):
flags flags fly forever.

Speaker 3 (01:42:51):
It's not it's not.

Speaker 8 (01:42:52):
It's not a bad trade because every every team got
what they wanted at the time, and you know, I mean,
you know, and overall though, it's one those trades that
kind of worked out well for everybody.

Speaker 4 (01:43:03):
I agree, Rob, I agree. It wasn't a bad trade
for the Tigers. It wasn't a bad trade for the Braves.
It was a bad trade for the New York Mets.
So I had a sneak in the Mets there because
Smoltzy killed the Mets. So kidding a side though, you know,
it worked out for both teams. I think Atlanta it

(01:43:25):
was a little better. I mean, you know, in the
long run. But that's that's what I think.

Speaker 9 (01:43:30):
George, Well, uh, you know, at the time, it was
a great move by the Tigers, you know, President Jim Campbell,
GM Bill Lajoy made that deal and nobody knew, just
like you said, Skip, nobody knew what John Smoltz was
going to be able to do in Major League Baseball.
And this happens constantly, Yankees trading, trading prospects for to

(01:43:54):
get the star pitcher here or there. Whatever whatever team
it goes on and it continues. I mean absolutely, it
was a win win. You know, he got the Doilegs
in it got this team into the playoffs, and that's
not exactly what they wanted to do. So it was
a great trade for both teams.

Speaker 1 (01:44:11):
Yeah, I'll agree. So now I get to go to
my last two non sports topics of the night to
wrap it up. This one's easy.

Speaker 4 (01:44:16):
Oh, I like this.

Speaker 1 (01:44:17):
I think nowadays only we gonna have it down here,
but we're gonna go to a travel park. Yea, and Iceland.
The police do not carry guns in Iceland, and yet
it is one of the lowest crime rates companies in
the world. S Yep, no guns at Iceland.

Speaker 7 (01:44:36):
Yeah, that's that's a that's an interesting stat I think
that's that's amazing. You know, obviously we want all of
our countries to be the safest countries in the world.
It sounds like they're doing things.

Speaker 1 (01:44:45):
Right over there.

Speaker 6 (01:44:46):
I got to play over in Korea.

Speaker 7 (01:44:48):
You know, I'm gonna take all of your non baseball
subjects and I'm gonna make them something about baseball.

Speaker 6 (01:44:55):
I hope you realize that's fine.

Speaker 7 (01:44:56):
I like that, but I got to go play over
in Korea for three years and there's no guns over there,
and it was one of the safest places I've ever been.
I lived in Seoul and you could walk you know,
my kids could have walked down the street at two
o'clock in the morning and nothing would would have happened
to them. So you know, they've got something going right
with this non gun stuff.

Speaker 1 (01:45:16):
I guess I like your twist to do it.

Speaker 10 (01:45:19):
That's okay, so baseball, let's face it, Iceland's population is
only four hundred and four thousand, six hundred and ten,
so there isn't as many people that live on this
in Iceland either. We were there this past summer. There

(01:45:41):
are a few towns where a lot of the population
is but a lot of it is spread out and
people don't live on top of each other like we
do in some of the cities up here in the
United States. But kudos to them, because you know, there's

(01:46:01):
been too much gun violence in America, so I like
to hear that there aren't guns in Iceland.

Speaker 8 (01:46:11):
Eric I mean, Iceland's just you know, Iceland's like not
nearly as big as America, and you're dealing with and
you know, you're not dealing with nearly. I don't think
nearly the diversity that you deal with here in America.
But you know, it's still still pretty good though that
whatever they're doing apparently works. Maybe America could take a
page out of that book.

Speaker 1 (01:46:31):
I'll be curiously how many of these topics you can
really turn them into baseball. I got some other ones,
and then I'll see that'll be undertriguering competition every week.

Speaker 4 (01:46:39):
Now that he mentioned that, rob smaller like like everyone said,
smaller copulation. They respect each other, they respect the police.
So of course things are going to be different over there.
And you know what, that's great for them. They're living
healthier lives there, so it's a good.

Speaker 9 (01:46:59):
Thing, okay, George, Yeah, it doesn't surprise me. I mean,
they're a country that, yeah, like you guys have said,
is is really more friendlier. It's a different lifestyle there.
They have a lot of the purism still obviously, But
the fact of the matter is is that, you know,

(01:47:22):
we kind of envy, you have to envy a country
like that that they don't have to be worried twenty
four to seven about somebody being mugged or shot or
anything else. So I really think that these countries do
teach us a good lesson. It's unfortunately we can't do
that here in America right now.

Speaker 1 (01:47:41):
Maybe someday I'll Sayceland is the greatest place I've ever
been so far. Okay, greatest. Last one. We'll see a
skip that actually turn this one into a paceball. Maybe
it might happen sooner than later. Okay, get this. Apple
will pay you one million dollars if you can hack
an iPhone, the mostly cure phone that dar's you to

(01:48:01):
break it. Apple Security Bounty rewards researchers for finding verifying
privacy flaws minor bugs, smaller payouts. Elite exploys up to
one million. Try to turn that one into a baseball topic.

Speaker 7 (01:48:19):
Hey Scott, Scott, we all know that baseball has gone
the way of the nerds. There's tons of people in
the front offices that know how to crack an iPhone,
and come on, they all went to m I T
or Yale or something.

Speaker 1 (01:48:35):
Waiting for you to turn it into a not down.
You're on a show not down?

Speaker 6 (01:48:42):
That's amazing?

Speaker 1 (01:48:44):
Is that really a thing?

Speaker 6 (01:48:47):
Million dollars? If you can hack sen tonight, somebody, somebody
will figure it out. That's for sure.

Speaker 1 (01:48:54):
All right, Well, can you turn that indoor? I catch
you on this one.

Speaker 5 (01:48:58):
You got me?

Speaker 1 (01:49:00):
Uh, there is a way to crack through the cowaway.
I'll say that. I'm not making this stuff up. I
got them. Okay, don't worry now that I know they're
gonna turn on the baseball. Candy knows what happens when happens.
Go ahead, Candy, we have few minutes left.

Speaker 5 (01:49:14):
In the show.

Speaker 10 (01:49:16):
You know, there's gonna be someone that's gonna hack it,
because there's always somebody that hacks it. There's always people,
and typically they do it for bad because doing bad
things can be hmm, how should I say this? There's
money to be gained, and a lot of people do fraud,

(01:49:36):
and they do it.

Speaker 2 (01:49:39):
The easy way.

Speaker 10 (01:49:39):
They don't always you know, a lot of people have
such great minds and they don't want to work hard,
so they.

Speaker 2 (01:49:45):
Do little things like hack things like this.

Speaker 10 (01:49:48):
So I wouldn't be surprised if someone doesn't hack it
pretty soon. Now, whether they will admit to it and
claim that million dollars or use it for evil remains
to be seen.

Speaker 1 (01:50:02):
Kancy, I said it to you saying that long.

Speaker 3 (01:50:06):
It wasn't that long. Ago that that target got hacked.

Speaker 8 (01:50:09):
I mean, you know, but let's you know, in target's
probably you know, the target's a massive corporation.

Speaker 3 (01:50:14):
They probably they supposedly have the greatest.

Speaker 8 (01:50:17):
You know, internet internet security in the world. But but again,
you know, someone's gonna I mean, it's only a matter
of time. Technology is meant to be hacked.

Speaker 3 (01:50:26):
There's plenty. Somebody is going to figure it out.

Speaker 8 (01:50:28):
Someone probably doesn't have a job, who's got nothing better
to do all day, is going to figure it out.

Speaker 4 (01:50:34):
Rob agree, Someone's gonna figure it out. Someone's going to
get a million dollars, and then it'll turn into maybe
a great publicity stuff. I don't know.

Speaker 1 (01:50:43):
But well, right now, as of September fifteenth, twenty five,
ten thirty nine pm, nobody's figured it out, and somebody's
just trying to get a million bucks. What happens tomorrow
the next day, I don't care. Once it's out of
my way, I don't care. Somebody's got a million dollars
and I'll come up with something else, you know me,
As they say Apollos free tyrol Leathers will say Rocky,

(01:51:04):
you know me, I think it's something else. Sorry, like
you got the last word.

Speaker 5 (01:51:08):
Oh yeah, no, somebody will be able to crack it.

Speaker 9 (01:51:10):
So I I really think that the You know, it's
interesting hearing these type of topics that they do set
your mind off in a certain direction at times, but I.

Speaker 5 (01:51:21):
Think it'll get cracked.

Speaker 1 (01:51:22):
Yeah, we're talking about tonight. I love you think.

Speaker 7 (01:51:26):
Apple owes the government a lot of money right now
because they have every one of our phones hacked? Aren't
they listening to everything we say? I'll mention, I'll mention
something and it will pop up on my phone. I'm like,
how did my phone know this?

Speaker 1 (01:51:40):
So they're smartphone? Not exactly? Oh you know? So alrighty
asking you guys everybody real quickly before we turn over.
What do you think of these nonsports? You guys like them?

Speaker 4 (01:51:53):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (01:51:54):
I love it? Okay, I'll have two or three on
every week travel and we'll have I'll fletch them up,
don't It depends on what comes up. Because we do
my Wednesday night. They became popular and with this show,
with this group here, I definitely can do it. Anybody
else want to add to it? Before I turn over
to Candy impling, everybody can talk about we're doing.

Speaker 4 (01:52:10):
Or I'm real quick I wanna. I just want to
give a quick plug. You're gonna be one of them.
Wednesday night at seven pm. I will be going into
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(01:52:34):
Gonna be a Fun Show Friday night at ten pm.
That's it.

Speaker 1 (01:52:39):
Definitely looking forward to this one. I waited a while
from this one. I just can't say, go ahead, let
everybody out. All of your candy will wrap it up.

Speaker 5 (01:52:48):
Yep.

Speaker 3 (01:52:48):
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Speaker 3 (01:53:02):
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Speaker 8 (01:53:05):
I've blended a non sports writing gig right writing about
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Speaker 4 (01:53:13):
I like that.

Speaker 1 (01:53:14):
That's you good stuff, very cool. And of course he
made a first appearance on Sandrea Skip and I and
you did a heck of a job and he's a
staple on that show. All right, I gonna go ahead.

Speaker 5 (01:53:24):
Okay.

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Oh, yes, the book. The book is there. Very good.
Thank you Kenny for putting a copy of the cover.
Appreciate it. Great, great be a part of the action
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Speaker 1 (01:54:00):
Great segue candy. Now you can take it home.

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Speaker 1 (01:55:32):
I'll also say that I'll be talking Baseball with Barry
blumont Thursday. I'll leave Skip with the last word. He
does a great job on our show on Saturday. What
else you got Cook and Skip lessons or whatever? The
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We're giving this guy reps and he's done a fantastic
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When I gave him a hard time in Saint Lucy.
Although he was great to me, I had a problem
with him. And now we're teammates on this show, pack
we'd teammates on a couple of other shows, whatever else

(01:56:30):
we've done off with. So but that said, that does
wrap it up for Under a Sis and Baseball Talk.
We'll be back next week at the same time, but
on behalf of Mickey Calloway, Candy Eveling, Eric Katz, Rob Morosco.
I don't know, and I'll say, Rob okay, I don't
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Rob excited about Friday night. Tell your man to get

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