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Carlos Mendoza on Mets blazing start, Soto’s candid lineup comments · Foul Territory

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  Speaker 1: They got to be feeling like I gotta go here
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  Speaker 1: as deep as possible.
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  Speaker 2: If they're happy that they're coming out of the game,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know that I won that as amending.
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  Speaker 3: Let's talk a bit about the Metropolitans, gentlemen. Are they
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  Speaker 3: the best team? The hottest team in baseball right now?
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  Speaker 3: I say that coming off of a seven and o
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  Speaker 3: homestand including a sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies. Kratz, what
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  Speaker 3: is your take on how they're performing lately?
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  Speaker 4: Amazing pitching staff that I didn't think was going to
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  Speaker 4: be able to carry this team. It's carrying the team.
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  Speaker 4: And they were hitting I mean Francisco and indoor at
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  Speaker 4: himself a home stand in front of an amazing group
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  Speaker 4: of fans, like what like how many? Like they were
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  Speaker 4: just coming out in droves this early in the season.
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  Speaker 4: Two seven to zero. Something about teams playing at home.
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  Speaker 4: The Padres are hot at home, The Dodgers are hot
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  Speaker 4: at home, the Mets are hot at home. Like teams
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  Speaker 4: are just and loving playing at home right now.
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  Speaker 3: Thirty first seven game home stand Ajson Cityfield Open was
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  Speaker 3: the highest attendance with more than two hundred and sixty
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  Speaker 3: seven thousand fans. To Kratz's point, that's an average attendance
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  Speaker 3: of a little bit over thirty eight thousand. Of course
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  Speaker 3: they go seven to oh. That helps, But they sweep
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  Speaker 3: the Phillies. I mean, this is a pretty impressive club
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  Speaker 3: so far from what we've seen last Mendy about it.
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  Speaker 5: That's what Kratz are. The pitching is what's been impressive.
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  Speaker 5: I know they lost Diaz yesterday, but their pitching has
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  Speaker 5: been unbelievable. Pete Alonzo has been on fire. Maybe having
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  Speaker 5: won so too in front of you does help a
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  Speaker 5: little bit. I don't know, but Pete Alonzo looks great.
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  Speaker 5: Lindor had an unbelievable home stand for Beatty hit his
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  Speaker 5: first home run. They get Alvarez back, they get me
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  Speaker 5: Neil back coming up on this road trip, and the
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  Speaker 5: best part of the Mets fans, they swept Kratz's Phillies.
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  Speaker 5: I mean they just were like eat it, shoe, fly shoe,
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  Speaker 5: fly shoe, and they threw their best at him.
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  Speaker 3: All Right, we have the opportunity and the privilege now
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  Speaker 3: to talk about those Mets in that seven and oh
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  Speaker 3: home stand with their skipper Carlos Mendoza joining us now
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  Speaker 3: on about territory, Carlos, Great to be with you, Thanks
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  Speaker 3: for doing this. What did you take away from that?
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  Speaker 3: Great homestand great fans, but more importantly, great performance on
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  Speaker 3: the field. Welcome to the show.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, thanks for having me. Good to see you guys.
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  Speaker 2: Look, there's a lot to like about the homestand about
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  Speaker 2: the way the guys are playing. You know, I can
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  Speaker 2: sit here and pinpoint a lot of different things, you know,
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  Speaker 2: not only what we're doing on the field, how guys
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  Speaker 2: are getting along off the field and connecting and preparing
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  Speaker 2: and pushing each other.
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  Speaker 1: And then the fan base.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I don't think it's a secret now, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the support from our fans and going day in and
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  Speaker 2: day out to City Field knowing that it's going to
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  Speaker 2: be packed. That is going to be loud, there's going
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  Speaker 2: to be electric. Definitely, we're feeling it in the dogout
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  Speaker 2: and I'm pretty sure the other teams are feeling it
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  Speaker 2: as well.
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  Speaker 4: Do it feel like the playoffs? Did it feel like
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  Speaker 4: they're packing it out like the playoffs from last year?
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  Speaker 1: Definitely.
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  Speaker 2: And we didn't see this until late last year obviously,
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  Speaker 2: because the way we got out of the gate right
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  Speaker 2: and we were pretty much no expectations from the outside.
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  Speaker 2: But once we got to September and definitely into October
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  Speaker 2: now from you know, the first series of the season,
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  Speaker 2: he felt that way. You know, it's packed over the
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  Speaker 2: weekend when we're playing the Cardinals. I think it was Saturday,
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  Speaker 2: Saturday in the afternoon, he was packed, he was loud,
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  Speaker 2: it was it was just it feels like a playoff
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  Speaker 2: game every day.
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  Speaker 1: You know.
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  Speaker 2: Monday night was cold, We're playing, you know, first game
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  Speaker 2: of the series against the Phillies and I think it
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  Speaker 2: was like thirty five thousand people and it was freezing.
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  Speaker 2: Yesterday Wednesday, weekday, school day, and it's another thirty five thousand.
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  Speaker 1: I can't remember what it was.
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  Speaker 5: So it is a good feeling, man, Mandy, can you
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  Speaker 5: give us a quick update injury update, Alvarez is coming back,
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  Speaker 5: McNeil's coming back this weekend, and what about Diaz yesterday?
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  Speaker 5: First of all, I want to say this, it should
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  Speaker 5: have been ah, that should have been a step off
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  Speaker 5: violation because he did step off like eight times before
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  Speaker 5: he pointed us.
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  Speaker 1: So we were killing it. Yeah, he's he's fun.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 1: I checked with him after the game. We were wondering
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  Speaker 1: in the dog like what's going on in here?
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  Speaker 2: You know, he keeps stepping off until he's obviously cold,
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  Speaker 2: and I was like, oh boy, something's going on here.
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  Speaker 2: And we got to the mountain's like I'm cramping up,
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  Speaker 2: you know, my my, my head continues and that's why
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  Speaker 2: I continue to step off. So you know, I'm glad
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  Speaker 2: that the umpires got together because you got an injury
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  Speaker 2: player there, and you know he kept stepping out, stepping
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  Speaker 2: off and stepping off. So after the game checked with him.
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  Speaker 2: He doesn't seem to be two concerns and trainers don't
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  Speaker 2: don't feel like right now it's low level of concern.
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  Speaker 2: We're off today and we'll see where we at tomorrow.
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  Speaker 2: As farst as far as the other two guys, we
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  Speaker 2: were waiting for them to check in in city field today.
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  Speaker 1: Uh.
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  Speaker 2: And if everything goes as planet uh, the expectations are
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  Speaker 2: that they're going to be in the lineup tomorrow.
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  Speaker 6: Yes, just go ahead, No, sorry, I just want quick
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  Speaker 6: follow here on this is there?
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  Speaker 5: Did you see I don't know if it was true
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  Speaker 5: because I've been caught a couple of times where it
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  Speaker 5: wasn't true. So I'm gonna ask you did one of
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  Speaker 5: the trainers figured out that one of Diaz's legs was
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  Speaker 5: longer than the other.
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  Speaker 6: Was that a joke? Because that was awesome. If that's
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  Speaker 6: true and he fixed it, that would be awesome.
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  Speaker 1: I gotta get to the bottom of that, you know.
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  Speaker 6: Did you see that? You saw that? Though?
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  Speaker 3: Right?
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  Speaker 1: I did?
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  Speaker 6: Is that true?
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  Speaker 1: So I gotta get to the bottom of it, you know,
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  Speaker 1: honestly follow up? That was my question too.
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  Speaker 3: I was like, how does a trader notice that one
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  Speaker 3: of his legs is shorter than the other? Did he
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  Speaker 3: just go over there and yank it out of it
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  Speaker 3: socket and make it even? I mean, how does that happen?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah? I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I seriously don't know. So again, off day today. I'll
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  Speaker 2: see the trainers here pretty soon and I'll get to
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  Speaker 2: the bottom of it.
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  Speaker 3: Mandy, I owe you an apology. I remember when the
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  Speaker 3: Mets decided that they were going to let Buck go
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  Speaker 3: and they were going to hire you. I was like,
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  Speaker 3: wait a minute, and I don't understand this at all.
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  Speaker 3: It's like, oh, this guy, you know, I don't know
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  Speaker 3: the name as well as you know.
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  Speaker 1: Buck Show, Walter, Buck Show, Walters. I owe you an apology.
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  Speaker 3: You have been amazing and these guys have really played
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  Speaker 3: well for you, And what I'd love about you is
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  Speaker 3: that you stand up for them in ways that's not dramatic.
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  Speaker 3: It's not show voting, it's not anything that's theatrical. But
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  Speaker 3: I really feel that your players feel that you have
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  Speaker 3: their back. What has been the biggest learning curve for
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  Speaker 3: you and how much of you enjoyed what you're doing
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  Speaker 3: right now?
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  Speaker 1: Well, I appreciate your words. You know, it means a lot.
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  Speaker 1: He's not easy.
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  Speaker 2: He's not easy being a big league manager, You're gonna
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  Speaker 2: go through ups and downs, You're facing challenges every day.
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  Speaker 2: I think it comes down to people and getting to
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  Speaker 2: know them and who they are and meet them who
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  Speaker 2: they are.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you're dealing with human beings.
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  Speaker 2: That coming from a lot of different backgrounds, and I
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  Speaker 2: think developing relationships you can earn their trust.
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  Speaker 1: For me as far as like the learning goes, I
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  Speaker 1: continue to learn every day.
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  Speaker 2: guys you get to go to work with, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you get to battle with, you know, whether it's coaches
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  Speaker 2: supports that, and then obviously the players. We went through
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  Speaker 2: so much adversity last year that I think we we
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  Speaker 2: really found out who we are behind the scenes, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and like getting the opportunity to compete dating day out
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  Speaker 2: with the group that we have is an honor, is
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  Speaker 2: a pleasure and something that you know.
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  Speaker 1: I'm always looking forward to to go.
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  Speaker 2: To work, so again, always learning, always adjusting, and that's
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  Speaker 1: All right.
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  Speaker 4: Part of the adjustment this year is your pitching staff
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  Speaker 4: is a two to three er. You guys are two
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  Speaker 4: three four era as a staff. Who is the toughest
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  Speaker 4: to take out of the game because everybody's doing well,
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  Speaker 4: but there's always somebody that you're like, I don't know,
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  Speaker 4: Like I just I don't want to go back out there,
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  Speaker 4: Like he's gonna be pissed when I take him out,
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  Speaker 4: But it's best for the team. We got about like
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  Speaker 4: six more guys that have a zero e R and
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  Speaker 4: the bullpen to come in.
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  Speaker 1: Who's the toughest. Well for me, Cratzy, I want them
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  Speaker 1: all of them to be pissed. If a petyer is
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  Speaker 1: happy to come out of the game.
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  Speaker 2: We have we have issues, you know, like so and
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  Speaker 2: I was very up front with them from from day one.
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  Speaker 2: Spring training in some of the conversations and when I'm
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  Speaker 2: talking to them, and you know, building those relationships, that's
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  Speaker 2: part of the relationship, you know, like getting to know
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  Speaker 2: the players, getting.
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  Speaker 1: And then getting to know you as a manager.
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  Speaker 2: And then I'm not afraid to have the conversations afterward,
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  Speaker 2: whether it's the next day or after a game, and
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  Speaker 2: the reason why I make the decision.
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  Speaker 1: So none of them, none of those guys want to
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  Speaker 1: come out of the game. I want to.
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  Speaker 4: I wanta.
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  Speaker 2: I gotta give it to David Peterson. This is a
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  Speaker 2: guy that you know every time. I can feel it.
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  Speaker 2: Yesterday I was walking towards the mountain and he's carried
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  Speaker 2: at me like don't do it, and sure enough I
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  Speaker 2: single to the pen and uh, but he gets he's
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  Speaker 2: such a professional, he's such a competitor, like and that's
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  Speaker 2: what you want from your starters, Like they got to
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  Speaker 2: be feeling like I gotta go here as deep as possible.
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  Speaker 2: And if like I said, if they're if they're happy
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  Speaker 2: that they're coming out of the game, I don't know
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  Speaker 2: that I want that as amandaity, is this sustainable?
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  Speaker 4: Because that's going to be the question everyone. I questioned
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  Speaker 4: the starting rotation. Once Manaia went down at the beginning
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  Speaker 4: of the season, you guys have blown that out of
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  Speaker 4: the water. Is this sustainable and what does that look
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  Speaker 4: like for your sustainability because you hear, you know, you
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  Speaker 4: hear teams like the Dodgers who are like, you know, yeah,
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  Speaker 4: he could come back, but we just got to make
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  Speaker 4: sure he's one hundred percent healthy. You guys have a
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  Speaker 4: little less depth than them, and you have to be
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  Speaker 4: able to make it through the entire season.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, look, we're pretty comfortable, and we got a
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  Speaker 2: lot of confidence on the guys that we have on
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  Speaker 2: the staff and the guys that we got down in
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  Speaker 2: Triple A. You know, we're talking to people, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we're talking about our team at the beginning of the
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  Speaker 2: year and how good the Mets could be and this
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  Speaker 2: and that we knew we were good, not only because
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  Speaker 2: of the superstars, but when you had death and we
• 11:01
  Speaker 2: were tested out of the game spring training, when we
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  Speaker 2: lost Manaya, when we lost Monta.
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  Speaker 1: But we feel really good with what we have. We
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  Speaker 1: believe in a lot of these guys.
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  Speaker 2: You know, at some point we're gonna hit a stretch
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  Speaker 2: where it's not gonna be easy you know, and that
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  Speaker 2: happens in one hundred and sixty two. Like it's hard
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  Speaker 2: to do what we're doing, you know, but again a
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  Speaker 2: lot of confidence on the guys. We're playing really good
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  Speaker 2: defense behind the guys here, and that goes hand in hand,
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  Speaker 2: you know, pitching and defense, and we're making plays where
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  Speaker 2: we're doing a lot of things fundamentally that are helping
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  Speaker 2: us win baseball games.
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  Speaker 5: Mandy, what's it like? We know we talked to here
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  Speaker 5: in spring training, but what's it like with Soto? What's
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  Speaker 5: it like?
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  Speaker 4: Now?
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  Speaker 6: You have expectations.
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  Speaker 5: You mentioned the expectations from last year, what you've learned,
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  Speaker 5: But what's it like one having Soto and then two now.
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  Speaker 6: You got off to a hot start.
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  Speaker 5: You have expectations from you, your fans, your front office, everybody, right,
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  Speaker 5: So how do you manage those because you just said
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  Speaker 5: there's going to be a rough start, rough patch, So
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  Speaker 5: how do you manage expectations for everybody, not just on
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  Speaker 5: your team?
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  Speaker 1: Enjoy it, Embrace it, you know, that's the way to
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  Speaker 1: go about it. You know, it's New York. You know
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  Speaker 1: what you signed up for.
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  Speaker 2: You know, whether I remember last year people were talking
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  Speaker 2: about the man's like there's not There's always.
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  Speaker 1: Going to be expectation. He's you know, it's a big market.
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  Speaker 2: The fan base is very passionate and in the in
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  Speaker 2: the in they won a title really bad. So so
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  Speaker 2: for me, I think you just you can run away
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  Speaker 2: from it. You have to embrace it. You have to
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  Speaker 2: enjoy it. And look at us. We have a really
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  Speaker 2: good opportunity right here to do something special. Juan Soto,
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  Speaker 2: you know, great guy. We know the player, but just
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  Speaker 2: watching him prepare, watching him going about his business, how
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  Speaker 2: he meticulus is with his routine in the cages, the
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  Speaker 2: way he sees the game, very consistent, even killed, doesn't
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  Speaker 2: get too high, doesn't get too low, you know.
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  Speaker 1: So it's been a pleasure to be around him.
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  Speaker 4: You have to have a conversation with him after he
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  Speaker 4: said what he said about You know, I don't have
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  Speaker 4: Aaron Judges hitting behind me anymore like that's or hitting
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  Speaker 4: in front of me or hitting around me in the lineup.
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  Speaker 4: Do you have to have a conversation with a superstar
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  Speaker 4: or if somebody that wasn't a superstar said the same thing,
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  Speaker 4: do you have to have a conversation with that person.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I wouldn't say I have to have a conversation.
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  Speaker 2: It happened, you know, it happens organically, and I did happen,
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  Speaker 2: you know, but it was just more a conversation. Having
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  Speaker 2: lunched the very next day. I was like, man, you know,
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  Speaker 2: like you answer that question. You know, he came from
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  Speaker 2: your heart. You were pretty honest, and before you know it,
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  Speaker 2: there's a headline. You know that's not you know, we
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  Speaker 2: all know you know that's not. I mean, he was
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  Speaker 2: asked a question, Hey, you feel like you've been pitching differently,
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  Speaker 2: and he honestly answered the question and said, yeah, everybody
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  Speaker 2: knows it, you know, so, but he became a big deal.
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  Speaker 2: So this was after, you know, after the day after
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  Speaker 2: we are having launch, and that's how it.
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  Speaker 1: Happens, that the conversations.
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  Speaker 2: But it's New York and you just got to you
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  Speaker 2: just got to know that, you know, even though it's
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  Speaker 2: coming from a good place, it could be a big deal.
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  Speaker 3: Carlos, I feel like the manager's job is ten percent
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  Speaker 3: actually putting the lineup together and managing during the game.
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  Speaker 3: I feel like ninety percent of your job is stuff
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  Speaker 3: that fans don't even see. How much do you need
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  Speaker 3: to be a psychiatrist because not all twenty six guys
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  Speaker 3: on your roster are motivated the same way. Do you
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  Speaker 3: feel that you have to, you know, kind of massage
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  Speaker 3: guys in a different way based on how they're motivated.
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  Speaker 2: And you're absolutely right, you know, like every manager's gonna
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  Speaker 2: make decisions in games. You're gonna bring the left, You're
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  Speaker 2: gonna bring the right, You're gonna you know, you're gonna
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  Speaker 2: make out the lineups and the seasions are gonna work,
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  Speaker 2: and sometimes they're not gonna work. I think the biggest
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  Speaker 2: thing is just dealing with twenty six guys and how
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  Speaker 2: to get the best out of them. How do you
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  Speaker 2: put them in a position where you feel that they're
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  Speaker 2: going to have success. But I'm gonna go back to
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  Speaker 2: the beginning of the conversation. Getting to know the players
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  Speaker 2: as person as humans, you know, so you can put
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  Speaker 2: them in certain certain positions, how they're going to handle
• 15:09
  Speaker 2: different roles. Guys that are not playing every day, keeping
• 15:14
  Speaker 2: those guys active, keep them you know somehow positive. Guys
• 15:19
  Speaker 2: that are going through a rough stretch like you have.
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  Speaker 2: The mental part of the game for me is like
• 15:25
  Speaker 2: is the number one priority, So I really take the
• 15:29
  Speaker 2: time day in and day out to make sure I'm
• 15:31
  Speaker 2: communicating that I'm connecting with a.
• 15:33
  Speaker 1: Lot of them, and I use the coaches as well.
• 15:35
  Speaker 2: I have a really good coaching staff that helped me
• 15:38
  Speaker 2: navigate this situation and it's fun.
• 15:42
  Speaker 6: Mandy, you mentioned navigating situations. When did you guys get
• 15:46
  Speaker 6: to DC because you guys are on the road. Did
• 15:47
  Speaker 6: you guys go last night after the game or did
• 15:49
  Speaker 6: you go in the morning last night? You spend the
• 15:53
  Speaker 6: off you spend the off day on.
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: The road, off day on the road.
• 15:56
  Speaker 6: Yes, Now how do you how do you spend that
• 15:58
  Speaker 6: off day?
• 15:59
  Speaker 1: What do you do?
• 16:00
  Speaker 6: Sid's coming on foul Territory, which we love.
• 16:02
  Speaker 1: What else?
• 16:02
  Speaker 6: Do you sit around and you.
• 16:04
  Speaker 5: Have a clipboard and you look at like, well, I
• 16:06
  Speaker 5: have mc neil and Alvarez coming back. I got to
• 16:08
  Speaker 5: figure out who we're gonna get rid of. Do you
• 16:11
  Speaker 5: sit there and do you or do you just try
• 16:13
  Speaker 5: to wipe your mind of it and worry about that tomorrow.
• 16:16
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll have the conversation, like I said later on
• 16:18
  Speaker 2: with David, we will have an idea. But you're just
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: trying to enjoy it, you know. Beautiful day here in DC.
• 16:24
  Speaker 2: About to have a launch with the trainer, so I'll
• 16:27
  Speaker 2: find out about this the tuy and then I'll do
• 16:32
  Speaker 2: this thing with some of the coaches at night. You know,
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: I don't have the family with me now, so but
• 16:37
  Speaker 2: uh yeah, I just like to get here and enjoy
• 16:40
  Speaker 2: the day and then get ready for tomorrow.
• 16:43
  Speaker 4: All right, So obviously they're coming back, You're gonna have
• 16:47
  Speaker 4: to fire somebody. You're gonna have to option somebody down,
• 16:49
  Speaker 4: as somebody got optioned down one hundred and three times
• 16:53
  Speaker 4: in my career. Do you feel like you need to
• 16:57
  Speaker 4: tell those guys ahead of time, like, hey, when these
• 17:00
  Speaker 4: guys come back, we don't know what's gonna happen, but
• 17:03
  Speaker 4: it could be you, because you know what it looks
• 17:05
  Speaker 4: like in the clubhouse. You know those guys are sitting
• 17:07
  Speaker 4: there going all right, well it could be me. McNeil
• 17:11
  Speaker 4: may play center field, he may play second. I'm playing
• 17:15
  Speaker 4: some center field. I'm playing some second left. You know,
• 17:18
  Speaker 4: do you feel like you have to have those conversations
• 17:20
  Speaker 4: or do you just say you never know what's gonna
• 17:22
  Speaker 4: happen the day before, I'm never gonna tell anybody what
• 17:26
  Speaker 4: could possibly happen.
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I hate to do that and put an extra
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: pressure on a player and just you know, you know
• 17:33
  Speaker 2: how hard this game needs cratzy And then to go
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: up to a player say, hey man, it could be you.
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: I don't know that. As a player, I want that,
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: you know, like they have they have so much to
• 17:43
  Speaker 2: worry about. They have to prepare, they have to go
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: out and compete every day when while they're active and
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: and and you know, as a player you have an idea,
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: hey man, this could be me. But you can't worry
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: about that. You know that's out of your control. And
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: a lot of a lot of the times there's there's
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: some tough decisions. And here we are faith a really
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: tough one because we got a lot of players that
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: are performing and are playing well. But we're also getting
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: two guys that are a big part of these teams.
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: So he's a business.
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: Uh, But I try not to put too much in
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: their play on the place.
• 18:14
  Speaker 3: Going back to DS for just a second, because I
• 18:16
  Speaker 3: still can't get over this whole one leg is longer
• 18:18
  Speaker 3: than the other. What is the weirdest injury that You've
• 18:21
  Speaker 3: been around this game a long time? You're a good
• 18:23
  Speaker 3: baseball man, good baseball mind. What's the weirdest like injury
• 18:26
  Speaker 3: that you've ever noticed besides uneven legs.
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a good question. You kind of caught me
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: off guard here.
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: He has my top that whatever we have here, you know,
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: for him to experience something like that and comes out
• 18:42
  Speaker 2: of the game and then you know he's telling people.
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: That, hey, yeah they this, I don't know that anything
• 18:47
  Speaker 1: can beat that.
• 18:53
  Speaker 5: Carlos, when you go, you said you're going to lunch
• 18:55
  Speaker 5: with the trainers and then you're going to eat with
• 18:57
  Speaker 5: your coaches. You obviously, since you're the manager of a
• 19:00
  Speaker 5: playoff team last year, you're in first place, best record
• 19:03
  Speaker 5: in baseball, You're you're ponying up the dough, right you
• 19:06
  Speaker 5: have to pay.
• 19:07
  Speaker 8: Yeah, the team helps out with that at the time
• 19:18
  Speaker 8: with the guys.
• 19:19
  Speaker 5: You know, well, by the way, before we let you go,
• 19:23
  Speaker 5: Eric shav has made a lot of money. He's on
• 19:24
  Speaker 5: your staff, so you know, don't be afraid. He's the
• 19:26
  Speaker 5: highest paid A's player of all time.
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: So yeah, he's usually step up. You know, he's not.
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: I gotta give it to him, you know, like, yeah,
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: he hit a lot of homers.
• 19:37
  Speaker 6: So what did you.
• 19:42
  Speaker 5: What did you What did he say to lindor did
• 19:44
  Speaker 5: he say something? Was it last year when Chavy grabbed
• 19:46
  Speaker 5: Lindor was it this year? And he's like, I need
• 19:48
  Speaker 5: you to be better. Do you know have you heard
• 19:50
  Speaker 5: that story?
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: Yes, I don't know that came out today or something.
• 19:54
  Speaker 6: It came out yet late late yesterday.
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: I think he was last year for sure, you know,
• 19:58
  Speaker 2: because I remember when we were out of the gate,
• 20:01
  Speaker 2: when we were struggling. I remember having a conversation with
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: Tabby and he was like, man, like, I'm gonna talk
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: to Lindor like, uh so, yeah, when I'm gonna go
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: back to when I'm referring to using my coaches.
• 20:12
  Speaker 1: Tabby's right there, you know, with all of them.
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: You know, he's he's he he you know, he has
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: your back and he means well, and he cares about
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: the players. He cares about the game, and he wants
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: to win, you know. But yeah, that was last year,
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: you know. I think we were in April or so
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: when when that happened.
• 20:31
  Speaker 3: Carlos, It's always great to talk to you. We love
• 20:33
  Speaker 3: to have the insight of the manager continued success. I'm
• 20:36
  Speaker 3: glad that I was an idiot and was wrong when
• 20:38
  Speaker 3: I was questioning the move. They made the right move
• 20:40
  Speaker 3: and can't wait to see what you guys do the
• 20:42
  Speaker 3: rest of the way, and if you ever run into
• 20:44
  Speaker 3: some cash problems, just ask Steve Cohen to give you
• 20:47
  Speaker 3: an allowance. It's gonna be fine.
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: It's gonna be fine.
• 20:49
  Speaker 3: Carlos of the New York Come Mets, thank you for
• 20:53
  Speaker 3: taking the time to be on the territory. We'll see
• 20:55
  Speaker 3: you soon.
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: I have a good one.