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Opening Weekend Reaction · The 3-0 Take

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Three O Take, where we talk
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all things Major League Baseball.
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Here's Kyle Corwin and Nate Reyes.
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It all starts right now. Welcome back to the Three O
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Take, presented by C Kick. This is episode 420.
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I'll be your host, Kyle Corden. And that's all you're getting.
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Because my good friend, my Co host, my partner, my buddy Nate
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Reyes got hitched last night. Saturday night shout out to him
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and Paige wished them nothing but the best.
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But obviously, as Nate had alluded to in the days leading
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up to it, he was going to be a little busy with the planning
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and getting the details and everything figured out.
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So I figured with opening weekend wrapping up I.
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Figured. What better time than to the
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drop a solo pod? Because we can't even really do
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it tomorrow night, because I think Nate has made it a plan to
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go to the Yankees game. I believe they're in Arizona
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next. So again, riding solo tonight,
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you got yours truly Kyle wrapping up the the reaction to
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MLB opening weekend. So bear with me.
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There's a lot to get into. I I can just go ahead and
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promise you right now I'm not going to get to all of it.
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There was so much to get into or to to talk about to cover.
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But it's essentially Major League baseball's opening
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weekend is essentially like drinking from a fire hose
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because you have storylines. One that we're building up
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before the season started And then you have storylines that
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are developing as the season goes on, as we're 345 games into
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the season. So we're going to get into what
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I hope are the the main storylines here, But again, bear
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with me. I apologize in advance, I may
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not get to everything that you're hoping that I get to, but
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I think I'll have the major. Bases covered so.
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Starting this off here, let's just let's just have a little
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tip of the cap to some some teams that had some notable
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starts. Well I say tip of the cap.
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Some of these teams certainly undeserving of a of a tip of the
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cap. But right off the top, let's
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let's show some love to. The.
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Pittsburgh Pirates starting off 4 and O, we're we're definitely
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going to get into some Pirates. Talk Marlins O and four at the
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hands of the Pirates Yankees. How about the Bronx Bombers 4
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and O the Dogs as Alex Verdugo maybe.
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Maybe began the label of after the sweep.
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Astros O and four at the hands of the Yankees Tigers A sleeper
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pick in the Central That I think a lot of people or maybe not a
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lot of people, but a A. Handful of folks maybe had as as
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that. Surprise seem coming out of the
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Central whereas myself some others maybe had the Royals in
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in the mix later down later down the road.
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Tiger starting off strong good for them.
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White Sox O and three. Brewers were certainly going to
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get into that little bit of a fiasco with the Mets.
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Brewer starting three and O Mets O and three.
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But also wanted to show show some love to some teams like the
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Padres, the D backs, the Braves and even others putting up big
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crooked numbers offensively. Over the weekend you had the
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Reds have a walk off, you got Fernando Tatis TE Oscar
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Hernandez, everybody. There was some some firepower
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this weekend, so just wanted to again before we get into the the
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the meat and potatoes of the weekend, just wanted to give
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some love to some of those teams and players.
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But getting into it, I already mentioned it.
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I I think this is probably the biggest or one of the.
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Biggest, if not the biggest takeaways?
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Storylines from the weekend, the Mets, Brewers beef.
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I'll go ahead and say right now that I did not have this.
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Dare we call it? Rivalry starting brewing, Pun
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intended. Look, the Mets I.
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Look, if you follow this podcast for any length of time or just
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Nate and I in general for any length of time, you know how I
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feel about how we feel about the Mets and even really the Brewer.
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So honestly, when this happened, you know, I I was a little torn.
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I didn't really know which team to side with because I'm not the
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biggest Brewers guy. Haven't been for a while.
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Certainly not a big Mets guy. I even I I tweeted out this
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weekend that the Mets following the the fiasco actually
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following the in in intentional pitch behind which I'll touch
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on. I just tweeted out, Simply put,
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that the Mets are the most pathetic franchise in baseball.
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And I believe that before the season started.
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And then all of this went down. Talk about doubling down on
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that. Take the Mets.
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Are. The most pathetic franchise in
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baseball. And I'll stand by.
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That's a hill that I will die on Without a problem.
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Without an issue. So if you.
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Live under a rock. I'll give you a little bit of a
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rundown as to what happened. So there was a play at the
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middle where Rhes Hoskins is coming in as a base runner.
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Jeff McNeil prepared to receive, make the transition, make the
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throw. Turn 2 receives a throw, goes,
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goes to make the throw. Rhys Hoskin comes in with a late
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slide look. There's been a lot of takes
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flying around and mine is just going to be another one that's
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in that mix of takes flying around who, who's what, what
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weight do my takes hold. But you're hopefully you're here
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listening. So I appreciate you if you are
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interested and take value in the takes that we share on here.
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But with that said, I'll just say that and.
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I look, I'm only 30 years old. I'm not going to sit here and
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drop the hole back in my day thing.
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But it wasn't even that long ago to where this was a very normal,
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widely accepted slide. You were taught as of and this
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isn't like there's probably people listening to go, whoa,
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what would you know did. You play professional baseball?
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No, I didn't. I'll be the first to tell you I
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played Division Three college baseball.
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I was proud of it. But who?
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Who am I to to say one way or the other?
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All I'm telling you? From what, From my experience,
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from what I know, and from following the game, for as long
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as I have, guys are taught to slide late.
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Why, you ask? To break up the throw, which is
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exactly what happened here. Now, I'm not going to sit here
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and try to tell you or convince you out of believing that maybe
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a new reinforcements of of base running rules or sliding rules.
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I I don't know where Major League Baseball stands on that
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at this particular point in time.
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I know we've had some issues. Dustin Petroia Chase Sutley
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Involved in separate incidents. Over years past.
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But looking at the video from this play, I I just have a hard
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time getting upset with Reese about this.
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And and I know immediately when it happened, you've got Jeff
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McNeil just in his face letting him know.
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And look, I talk all the time about like, if you're going to
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talk about it, be about it. It.
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Wasn't the best. Look, if we're being honest, for
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Reese Hoskins to get up immediately, make his way over
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to the dugout. He begins to be held back once
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he starts getting fired up a little bit and then from behind
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the railing, if I if if I recall correctly, it was behind the
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railing of the top step of the dugout is when he starts the
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whole crying gesture to Jeff McNeil.
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I I get it. Jeff McNeil.
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Seemed to be a little, a little. Hot about this.
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And I understand Guy's guy's careers have been ruined over
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stuff like this. So I understand where the
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frustration comes from. The heat of the moment, but just
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a weird, a weird situation where he comes in late again.
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I thought it was. It wasn't the cleanest slide,
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but to me it was a hard it was a hard play.
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It was a hard attempt to break up a a play up the middle.
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Jeff McNeil took exception to that, and apparently so did
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Johann Ramirez. Who later was it?
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The Was it today? Was it?
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Later in the game. Again drinking from a fire hose
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this opening weekend there's a lot a lot that gets lost in in
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the mix either way after the fact Johann Ramirez throws
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behind Reese Hoskins which was such a loser move to sit and and
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I know they're they all come out and say well there's no
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intention behind it and then you got you got the manager coming
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out saying no I I'm backing my guy there was no.
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There was no intent behind it. There it was clear as day.
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You're going to throw at it? It wasn't.
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It wasn't really at his head. It was more behind the neck,
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behind the numbers, behind the nameplate, that general
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vicinity, but very, very clearly intentional.
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Did it happen to anybody else in the lineup in that in that
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specific way? No Rhes Hoskins has has a has a
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reason to be upset if he thinks his slide was was a clean slide,
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a hard play, an aggressive play. He has every.
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Reason to be upset and look guys, I I think Carrabba's
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tweeted it. He said rhes Hoskins has played
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his entire career in Philly. Hit your booze, do nothing but
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fuel him and sure enough guy goes off.
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He's got a two run single A2 run bomb.
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He had an answer. For this whole incident, and
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quite frankly, the Mets come out of this situation looking like
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absolute. Losers you get.
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Swept I I don't know if the if the decision has been made yet.
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I don't know if that's wait if that has to wait till Monday on
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the suspension. I don't know if we've heard back
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on that, but chances are that that'll probably remain and
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maybe get, I don't know, probably get dropped a game, if
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anything. But just to.
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Just a rough look for the Mets to start the season.
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Not to mention you got the dance team coming out.
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They're they're on top of the dugout.
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Mets are getting the freaking brakes beat off them.
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You got they're out there doing Gangnam Style and just breaking
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it down for a couple of Mets breakdowns, if you will.
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And then you got Pete Alonzo. Which look, I I don't have a
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problem with Pete Alonzo showing up to a country concert and and
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getting up on stage and and having a grand old time.
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I've I've said before. We.
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Treat these guys as if they're not human beings.
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Like these guys are entitled to a life outside of the lines out
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off the diamond. So look, I, I, I, I, I don't
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have a problem with Pete Alonzo going to a country concert.
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I just think context matters. And if you've got Pete Alonzo
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going to a country concert in the midst of a a a sweep to
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start the season. Not the greatest look in my
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opinion. So all that to say, I just think
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it was such a a loser weekend. I'll just, I'll just leave it at
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that. A loser weekend for the Mets.
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And again. Not a big Brewers guy.
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I'm not going to necessarily come out as this big Rhys
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Hoskins Homer, but if we're talking about maybe picking a
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side for this little incident, I'm probably going to side with
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Reese Houskins because again, I don't.
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While it was a while, it was a hard slide, I think it was a
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clean slide. You're taught again to slide
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late to break up the throw and that's what he did.
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So I'll. Leave it at that.
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Talking about move, moving along here, talking about altercation.
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More so, a more unnecessary, in my opinion, than even the Mets.
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Brewers One was this Blue Jays Rays benches clearing brawl.
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I wasn't even really a brawl. It was a bench benches clearing.
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Get together over there at third base for those who didn't see
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it, for those who who either don't follow these teams or just
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didn't catch it. Blue Jay, I want to make sure I
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get these these these individuals who were involved,
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right you had? Hennisys Cabrera and Jose
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Caballero from the Rays. Basically what happened is you
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had. Honestly, I may need to pull up
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the may need to pull up the the play, just as a refresher.
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But if I recall, Caballero was coming into third.
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Let me see here. Oh, that's right.
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Yeah, yeah. So it was a.
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It was a. A little bunt down the third
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baseline ball is thrown to first, runs down the runs down
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the the foul line there gets by the 1st baseman.
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He makes his way around second, coming into third, hosed by a
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mile. Buchet is there at 3rd to tag
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him out and then. Bumps into Cabrera and honestly
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that's where it should have stopped right then and there
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Right then and there you bump into hey my bad my bad.
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I I maybe should have been a little step back and maybe maybe
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these things were said initially maybe there was some
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miscommunication maybe didn't quite relay the the sentiment of
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apology or whatever it was right there in the in the in the
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moment and Caballero just takes take exception to the whole
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thing and. He's like, all right dude, if
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you want to throw down, let's throw down.
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And then you got Cabrera throwing hand.
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Like, quite literally throwing hands.
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And if you've seen the slow MO video of it, it's I tweeted out.
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I said. I shouldn't be laughing as hard
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as hand, but I gotta admit it was it was pretty comical the
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way like his, the way his face was just like contorted.
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It was a it was just it was a scene, but.
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Just completely unnecessary and I tweeted it out.
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I was like, why is everybody so just like on edge Three games in
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the season and I gotta I I want to make sure I give.
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I want to give credit where credit's due, Chris Madison on
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Twitter replied to my tweet, which again, my tweet, I said
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why are players so sensitive three days into the season?
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And I and I. Tweeted the video of the the
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slow MO, hands to the face, which again, just.
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You you need to pull it up if you haven't seen it, Chris
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Madison says. They're taking their anger out
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on each other. The uniforms.
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Rob Manfred sucks. The new ER rules suck.
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Like obstruction of the bag. It's second base.
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So on and so forth. He's look, I hadn't considered
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that point until he tweeted it out.
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It's a very valid point. I'd probably be upset too if I
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if I was up against all of these things.
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You know the uniforms, which little, Little.
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Let's let's pause here and address that nonsense.
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The series that I I had my eye on, partially because it was the
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IT was the series that opened the season was the Orioles and
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Angels. So it was the first instance of
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me seeing this. The Angels Rd. uniforms are
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awful. Like, forget the name plates on
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the back. The the 2 tone Gray Rd. uniforms
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and I I I believe it's elsewhere around the league with some of
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these other Rd. teams that we've seen and I'm sure as as teams
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start hitting the road or maybe who are home, we're going to see
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more examples of this not. A good look, dude.
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What are we doing? Major League Baseball fanatics?
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Nike. It's beyond it.
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It's beyond. Complaining about now it's it's
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more of a general question It honestly, right.
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I'm sitting right here as a baseball fan.
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I'm looking at Nike Major League Baseball fanatics and I'm
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genuinely asking do you see the same uniforms that we're seeing?
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I really want to know are are like, are you seeing the same
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things that we're seeing like. And if you are, you're you're
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telling me you're OK with this, You're OK with this?
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Because that's embarrassing. I'm sorry, I I couldn't.
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Do a job to where? I mean, I'm not.
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Saying, I'm not trying to sit here and say I would like
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shortchange any other job that I do, but especially one where the
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product that you put forth is witnessed on such a national,
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just generally large scale the way the Major League Baseball
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product is, is viewed and seen. I would not put a product out
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there. It's this bad.
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And again, I don't we don't need to rehash the name, but the size
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of the names, those are awful. We don't need to rehash the the
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placement of patches and and stitching and and all this.
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I I just don't think I realized how bad the whole 2 tone Gray
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is. They don't match.
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They're not the same color and I don't think we had really dove
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into that. In spring training, because it
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wasn't as blatantly like, it just wasn't as transparent as
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we're seeing it now. Because, I mean, everybody's
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watching these games now. Not everybody necessarily was
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watching spring training games. So maybe it.
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Flew a little bit under the radar.
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If that was a problem that existed, then, but oh, I just
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wanted to address that. And not to mention the sweat.
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Oh my goodness, I I don't think we realized that was that bad
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either. You want to talk about the Look
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at the Yankees, for example, down in Houston and we're
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talking like low to mid 70s for those games.
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What? We haven't even reached May.
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We haven't even reached June. Forget August.
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We haven't even reached the, the, the.
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Heat the true heat of the summer and these guys look like wet
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napkins out there. These uniforms look like wet
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napkins. What are we doing?
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Fix your product. That's all I'll say on that.
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But back-to-back to this, what were what?
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Were we talking about little scuffle here?
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Yeah, just generally both of these I think were could have
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been avoided. They were unnecessary again.
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Oh, that's what my that's what my thought was.
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That's that's how we transitioned.
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I I don't know why, why everybody around the league
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right now is so uptight. Like, let's relax.
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OK, let's relax. It's not that serious.
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We're three games into the well, I guess technically the Dodgers
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are like, what, 5-6 games in? But generally speaking, we're
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like 3-4 games into the season. Everybody just needs to chill,
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like this is the time of the year where you're supposed to
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be. Look I'm not I'm not here for
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like being all buddy, buddy out on the field.
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But like if you are going to be all buddy, buddy out on the
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field with some some teammates or some players of the opposing
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team, now is the time to do it. Like, hey man, how was your
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spring? We were, I mean as you well know
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we were out in Arizona. You were in Florida.
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How was it out there? Let's catch up a little bit
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while we're in between pitches. That's when you do it.
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But we're taking our downtime in between pitches, in between outs
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to to to bust out the boxing gloves.
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I don't, I don't understand. It's it's too early for this.
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OK I'm all for like brewing up some rivalries a little bit.
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Maybe some under the radar rivalries.
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But let's let's pump the brakes a little bit shall we?
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Just just a little bit Orioles. Let's let's talk some Orioles
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here real quick. I know I already mentioned them.
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It was the series that, as again as I said to OR that opened up
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the Major League season. On Opening Day, that is
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obviously not Dodgers, Padres and Korea.
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But with that said, this was the first series that I was.
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I was locked into on Opening Day.
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I think it had like a. Was it a?
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4:00 PM, Yeah, 4:00 PM start. 3:00 PM start, which Another
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thing. I thought it was odd that there
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was no 1:00 PM games. I correct me if I'm wrong, but I
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feel like that's pretty normal. Pretty standard little 1:00
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action on opening day. I mean if if we're.
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If we're trying to make a push for it to be a national holiday,
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I'm going to need it to start earlier in the day and not like
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basically after the work days, just about over slash coming to
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a close, going to need to start a little bit earlier, so maybe
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give me a little something earlier in the afternoon so I
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can really enjoy the day as it should be enjoyed.
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But with that said, right off the top man, Mike Trout talk
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about, I don't want to say a comeback season, maybe a little
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bit of a revenge season. I think that's something that we
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touched on in previous episodes this spring before the season
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started talking about. How this might be the year or a
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year, I should say we've had. We've seen magical seasons from
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Mike Trout in in years past, obviously, but I think this
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might be a year that you see independent of of how the Angels
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do. This has nothing to do with how
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the Angels do. Purely Mike, purely talking Mike
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Trout here where you see him remind people.
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Who he is and what kind of player he is, because I I look,
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I think. He and Otani, at the end of the
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day, they. They were, they were good, good
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buddies out there in Anaheim. But I think he maybe if he's
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being honest, if you talk, if you had a chat with him behind
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closed doors, he maybe was got a little fed up with like the hey,
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you're just going to toss me aside like a rag doll once Otani
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walks through the door and like understandably so, Otani is
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Otani. We don't need to go down that
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rabbit hole. But Mike Trout's going, what
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happened to the whole best player in the game narrative?
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You can't. I mean, certainly if Otani is
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better than me that still keeps me in the conversation.
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But it's almost as. If people have completely just
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disregarded what I bring to the table and and granted I
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understand he's going through he's had some issues with
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injuries and all that. But I mean Mike Trout had to
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probably feel a little bit slighted.
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So for him to come out right off right out of the gate.
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Solo bomb I believe it was solo bomb to to get things going for
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his 2024 season. I loved that dude.
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I love that I'm a I'm a. Look, I'll say at the end of the
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day, I'm a huge Mike Trout guy. I know I've.
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I've waned a little bit in in years.
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Past because it just gets. I get tired of the injury bug
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always sneaking up some of it more on him, some of it just bad
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luck. I understand that.
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But I'm I'm never going to root against Mike Trout.
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I guess it's the best way to put it.
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And so again, for him to come out and start the way he did was
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awesome. But more importantly, I think
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Corbin Burns making his debut for the Orioles.
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When 11 or had 11 strikeouts over six innings, OS put up an
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11 three win. Another big crooked number to
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get things started. He.
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Retired 18 of the 19 guys he faced which again the only only
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real Ding against his his outing was the Mike Trout home run, but
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otherwise brilliant. So you love to see a guy like.
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Corbin Burns get settled in. Right at right, right away O's
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fans. I I think I mentioned it last
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episode. I I feel like I'm with with Ryan
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Ripken and some some of his buddies that and I'm getting
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more engaged with in terms of content.
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I see more Orioles content now than I think I do of any other
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team and so I'm getting a really good feel.
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I'm getting a really good pulse of of how excited Orioles fans
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are about this season. Not that I needed to see a bunch
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of that to know that you could just assume that was the case.
25:33
But seeing Corbin Burns go off, seeing Grace Rodriguez have an
25:37
outing. Gunner Henderson.
25:38
I mean Gunner Henderson finished a double short of the cycle on
25:42
was it yesterday Saturday. I mean just all things moving in
25:49
in in the Orioles direction. Yeah, I I'm.
25:53
Loving what I'm seeing in Baltimore.
25:55
I mean as a fan of another team in the AL East, I don't love it
25:58
in that regard. But I think we can look at the
26:00
Orioles as a team maybe in their their own world right now, in
26:03
their own, at their own level, in their own tier that we can,
26:08
as baseball fans just appreciate and enjoy.
26:11
But I don't think Speaking of enjoying, I don't think OS fans
26:15
are are enjoying seeing Jackson Holiday start in AAA, going deep
26:20
his first AB in AAA or this season rather off a lefty like
26:28
the whole hang up and I think we mentioned it the the the hang up
26:33
with or the supposed I'll say hang up with with.
26:38
The front office was that and well, he needed to.
26:40
He needed to season himself a little bit more against some
26:45
some skilled lefties to to get some more reps in seeing the
26:50
ball coming in from. That side of the plate.
26:53
And like, I'm surprised, but I'm also at the same time not
26:58
surprised. The 1st at bat of the season for
27:01
Jackson Holiday. Just a moon shot to right center
27:05
off a lefty. So I think you're going to start
27:11
hearing even more noise about Jackson Holiday needing to be in
27:17
the big league lineup soon. Keeping it in the American
27:22
League East. The Yankees.
27:25
Oh man. I know Nate is.
27:29
He's probably chomping at the bit to talk about this New York
27:33
Yankees team and look, I'll, I'll be the hand up first to
27:37
acknowledge New York Yankees. Have a weekend, Have a weekend.
27:44
Minus the sweaty uniforms, the wet napkins that you're wearing.
27:48
Which again, not your fault. Have just have a weekend and
27:54
Juan Soto my good. Actually let's let's just before
27:59
we get into the Juan Soto talk, let's tip our let's tip our cap
28:02
to Oswaldo Cabrera. How about that, man, I'm seeing
28:07
Yankee fans who were anti Oswaldo Cabrera or maybe even on
28:13
the fence in regards to Oswaldo Cabrera.
28:16
They're saying no, you have to keep him in the line up until he
28:19
cools off. That's just how the game works.
28:22
And I'm seeing, I'm seeing comments like that.
28:25
I'm going if the guys that they're on the fence about are
28:28
starting off this well, like you don't even need to talk about
28:33
guys like Juan Soto who? Who you know are just going to
28:37
see the ball, hit the ball and take care of their business, so.
28:42
They're clicking on all cylinders right now at least
28:44
four games through the season. But Juan Soto RBI single in the
28:52
ninth is today is what gave them the the four-game sweep over
28:58
Houston in Houston which I tweeted out as well.
29:04
Juan Soto owns Houston. Like forget whether it's Yankees
29:08
Nationals minute man. That's that's.
29:12
Aswan Soto's home right there, Minute Maid Park.
29:16
And he was, I mean, he was putting balls into the seats
29:18
off. What was it?
29:19
Justin Verlander when he was 20 years.
29:22
Old. And now he's now he's putting
29:26
up, putting up the Yankees ahead in Houston.
29:31
I mean, I'm glad to see it, man. I mean, he hit 529 this series,
29:37
9 for 17. He had four ribbies.
29:42
Yankees are now four and O to start the season, its first four
29:47
and O starts since O3 and just its fourth since 1950.
29:52
But on that note, I will say regarding Juan Soto.
29:57
Look. I'm seeing a lot of comments
29:58
from from Yankee fans saying they're tweeting out, hey, how
30:03
so? How much are we going to give
30:04
this guy and for how long? Look, I love that you that you
30:09
all love your new shiny toy. But just stand by if this if
30:13
this is the Juan Soto and you want to talk about consistency,
30:18
this guy is consistent. If he is consistent in the
30:24
regards to his month by month splits, Yankee fans.
30:28
I will. I will.
30:29
Warn you Stand by for the month of April.
30:32
You look at his splits. April is by far statistically
30:37
his worst month as is for a number of guys around the
30:40
league. Like you.
30:41
Some guys are ready to go at opening day.
30:43
Some guys need need that first month to to get warmed up.
30:47
But I I know specifically this dip that he takes right away,
30:53
right off the top in April from a fantasy baseball perspective,
30:56
cause I've had him in fantasy before and a guy like Juan Soto
31:00
is hard to flip if you're trying to maybe get a package in
31:05
return, but people are looking at his April numbers going.
31:07
Whoa, whoa, whoa, this. What's the deal here?
31:12
But as as consistency would have it, Juan Soto is going to turn
31:18
it around. But I'm just saying from an
31:21
outsider's perspective. Yankees fans, I will warn you to
31:24
just prepare for the April dip. It's coming.
31:27
He's still gonna, he's gonna get on base.
31:29
That's not the issue. But he's not gonna have the
31:32
power numbers necessarily. The OPS, the OPS plus isn't
31:36
gonna look as shiny mid to late April as maybe it does four
31:43
games into the season. And I know it's hard to maintain
31:46
this, the rate he's hitting at right now, but.
31:48
Let's just again, just prepare yourselves.
31:51
It's coming, but who knows, maybe you know new team, maybe
31:55
we we've mentioned it here the past week or two.
31:58
Nobody seems to have been a better fit for a Yankees uniform
32:03
than Juan Soto. Maybe this guy was born to be
32:05
Yankee. Maybe the the outcome for his
32:08
month of April in 2024 is different than the rest of his
32:11
career. But again, if we're talking
32:13
consistency, which this guy is, then I'll say it again.
32:18
Just prepare yourselves. Pirates Let's Let's transition
32:23
to some Pirates talk. The box 4 and O.
32:33
How about it? How about it?
32:39
There's a four-game Rd. sweep of a don't forget a 2023 playoff
32:45
team in the Miami Marlins. So this isn't anything to turn
32:49
your nose up at. Baseball fans, anti Pirates
32:53
fans, yours truly. I got the receipts.
32:58
You can go back and look at the hot takes and predictions
33:00
episode. I was talking high on the
33:03
Pirates. Nate wasn't necessarily.
33:06
I don't think Ryan was necessarily Ryan.
33:10
Sorry if you were. I was talking up on the Pirates
33:15
and I'm not going to sit here and say that.
33:17
A four-game Rd. series, a Rd. sweep.
33:22
Rather there's an indication of a a World Series team, but it's
33:26
a a heck of a good start. If you remember last year they
33:29
started 20 and eight, so who knows, maybe they replicate
33:35
something, something along those lines.
33:40
But maybe this year they take it a little bit further because if
33:43
you. Recall Pirates had a little bit
33:44
of a fall off or substantial fall off.
33:49
If you're a Pirates fan maybe maybe it's a little more of a
33:52
soft spot for you. But some some takeaways that I
33:57
did come across in my in my just digging around again all of the
34:04
the. Storylines from this weekend it
34:07
looking specifically at the Pirates I I came across this
34:10
stat that said the Pirates went three and nine in extra Indians
34:14
a year ago. So again take the four and O
34:18
start with a grain of salt but and and take the the this nugget
34:22
as well with a grain of salt but it's still an encouraging take
34:25
away. They went three and nine in the
34:27
next year innings last year which was the 4th worst record
34:31
among all teams last year. This year, they're already two
34:34
and O, so they're already finding ways to win late.
34:38
And they're they're doing it against again a 2023 playoff
34:43
team. And say what you will about the
34:45
Miami Marlins facts are facts. 2023 playoff team regarding the
34:51
Pirates 4 and O start. It's the fourth time they've
34:54
started this well in the past 40 years and the first time the
34:59
club has started the season with a four.
35:01
Game Rd. Series sweep since 19 O.
35:03
Three so you know good on the Pirates.
35:07
I as. As you know, on this podcast I
35:10
have a little. Bit of a, a a.
35:12
Pirate's Jingle queued up. I'm not going to, I'm not going
35:17
to unleash that on you this early in the season.
35:19
But look, man if if. They if they keep it up, if they
35:23
get, if they get hot, I mean, they're.
35:25
Already hot right out of the gate.
35:27
But if they if, they heat. Up a little bit more, they
35:29
extend this. Maybe they extend this winning
35:32
streak or they just have a They have a a a run of games where
35:38
they're pushing last year's start again, 20 and eight.
35:41
If they they, I'll say right now, if they start off that
35:44
well, you bet you can bet that I'm breaking out that pirate's
35:48
music. So again, props to the props, to
35:54
the Bucks, man. That's just one of the many
35:57
storylines takeaways from this season or opening weekend, I
36:02
should say. Not the season.
36:04
Opening weekend that I think. It's just refreshing because
36:09
again as you as you know, as we kind of saw last year, the
36:13
Pirates were a good feel good story, but it it tapered off
36:17
real quick. But it's just encouraging to see
36:21
that, you know, they bounce back, they start off the way
36:23
they do and they position themselves to possibly be more
36:28
than a feel good story this year.
36:30
There are some people that have them in the post season.
36:32
I won't say who, but there are people that have the Pirates in
36:35
the post season. Not myself, but time will tell.
36:39
We shall see. A team that I think we all have
36:42
in the post season, the Los Angeles Dodgers before the
36:47
season even started, which I don't even.
36:49
I don't think we've had a chance to run through this.
36:54
But at this, at this point, it's kind of old news.
36:56
But the Will Smith extension. Dodgers extending him to a 10
36:59
year, $140 million extension. Look, there's a lot of news
37:02
thrown out by Padres fans ironically criticizing the
37:09
todgers for extending somebody into their late 30s, which this
37:14
contract would run him through 2033, which would be his age 38
37:18
season. A lot of lot of noise coming
37:21
from Padres fans talking about, oh, what happened to giving us a
37:25
hard time about extending guys into our late 30s.
37:29
The difference? Is.
37:31
Or they're not spending 300 + 1,000,000 dollars on this guy.
37:35
They're getting Will Smith, one of the game's best catchers, at
37:40
a clip of 10 years for 140 million.
37:44
That's a a a steal, a bargain I don't.
37:49
I don't know what the going rate for All Star Caliber catchers
37:52
are or is, but that sounds pretty good to me.
37:57
And if you have to, if you have to bite it a little bit at the
38:00
end of that contract and say hey thanks for your service, maybe
38:04
there's another role for him to slide into at that stage of his
38:07
career. I I highly doubt he's going to
38:09
be catching at age 38. You got a guy that's prove he's
38:15
proven himself. He's 29.
38:17
He just he literally just turned 29.
38:19
He's proven himself to as. A as a.
38:23
Necessary and pivotal piece to this lineup as as star-studded
38:30
as this lineup is, I don't know if it goes the same way or at
38:35
the same rate without Will Smith behind the dish as the engine.
38:41
Because we all, we all know you can have.
38:43
You can have an MVP in right field, you can have an MVP at
38:45
shortstop, you can have an MVP at third base.
38:49
You need somebody to be able to. To steer the shit from behind
38:53
the dish. So I'm glad they did this.
38:55
I think it was long overdue. I know Dodgers fans and even
38:59
Dodgers players I believe were were.
39:01
Clamoring for this, so good for Will to get that extension.
39:06
But talking about other guys around the diamond for the the
39:10
Dodgers. Bobby Miller.
39:13
I want to want to give some props to Bobby Miller.
39:16
A guy who coming into the season I think the expectations the the
39:21
hopes for Bobby Miller were raised and rightfully so.
39:25
He he he's shown you what he's capable of, but can he put it
39:30
together over the course of 162? I would say he started off well
39:35
in that regard. Friday night went 6 deep, only
39:38
allowed two hits and racked up 11 KS no runs.
39:43
So props to Bobby Miller for for quite an outing, one of one of a
39:49
few pitchers. I mean, I already mentioned
39:50
Corbin Burns, Grace Grace Rodriguez had a had an outing,
39:55
but there were some very, very impressive starts across
40:00
rotations around the league this weekend.
40:03
So that was encouraging to see because you always hear about
40:07
spring training and and who it's really for and who really
40:11
benefits from from the early start, whether it's hitters or
40:14
pitchers, who needs more time? So it's encouraging to see
40:18
hitters around the league and pitchers alike.
40:21
Not everybody, but a a a fair amount having the strong starts
40:27
that they have. It's very encouraging to see and
40:30
I'm sure fans of these teams that that employ these players
40:36
are are thrilled. But I'll just say like generally
40:38
as a baseball fan, it's fun to see a guy like Bobby Miller go
40:41
out and dice like that. That's good baseball.
40:43
I don't. I know people are rooting for
40:45
the Dodgers specifically for their downfall.
40:47
But like, I just want to. I just want to have more names
40:51
that can be appointment television throughout the course
40:54
of an entire season. Because as we know, it gets, it
40:58
gets dry, it gets real slow there, like in the middle,
41:01
there's a couple lulls throughout there.
41:03
So if I got a guy like Bobby Miller, who in years past it was
41:07
Clayton Kershaw, If I've got a guy like Bobby Miller, Tyler
41:10
Glass, now Grayson Rodriguez, just names like that.
41:13
Who are, you know, getting to where we hoped they would be at
41:19
this point in time? That's good for baseball.
41:22
I don't care if you don't, if you hate the Dodgers, if you
41:24
love the Dodgers, or any other team for that matter, that's got
41:27
a guy like this, it's good for baseball, and you should be
41:29
rooting for that. So again, props to Bobby Miller,
41:34
Mookie Betts, though let's talk about Mookie Betts.
41:37
And I apologize to Mookie Betts. For getting this late in the
41:42
episode before we really. Brought him up, but my goodness
41:47
and I look, I'm going to talk about him, 'cause he's on my
41:49
fantasy squad. And he's also, if you recall, if
41:53
if you haven't listened to the hot takes and predictions
41:55
episode give you a little bit of a a.
41:57
Preview. Here, first of all, why haven't
41:59
you? Second of all, you need to do
42:01
that like now as we're still in a few games in the season, you
42:05
still got time to get caught up and and.
42:10
Understand what we're all about this year in 2024, because look,
42:14
we're going to be referencing that episode and the predictions
42:17
we made in that episode all year long.
42:19
So just a little plug here for the hot tech and predictions
42:22
episode. If you haven't listened to it,
42:23
do it now. Oh, finish this episode and then
42:27
to go do it. So queue it up.
42:29
Mookie Betts, my 2024 MVP pick and just.
42:37
As a little spoiler again, for those of you who haven't
42:39
listened to the hot texts and predictions episode, I also said
42:44
that he was going to transition to shortstop and win a Gold
42:49
Club. And I mean, the guy is playing
42:59
at an elite level right now on both.
43:02
Sides of the ball and I think he.
43:03
Had like a little bit of a. A little bit of a Was it a
43:06
throwing error? Maybe on Thursday or Saturday, I
43:12
can't remember. But that aside playing
43:16
phenomenal baseball, he homered. I don't believe he homered
43:21
tonight, Sunday Night Baseball against the Cardinals.
43:27
But entering entering Sunday Night Baseball, he had homered
43:30
in four straight games. Shout out to Xavier Scruggs, he
43:37
tweeted. He said he's the Moogie Bets as
43:38
the first player with an OPS above 2010 plus RB is over his
43:43
first five games of a season. Remember Dodgers?
43:46
Padres played two in Korea, so he had a little bit of a.
43:51
I'll say a head start to the season.
43:52
So he threw first five games this season, the 1st to do that
43:57
again. First player with OPS over above
43:59
2, 2010 plus RB is over his first five games of a season
44:04
since Barry Bonds in 2002. If you know anything about
44:07
baseball, you know anything about Barry Bonds, that's
44:09
probably probably the best company that you can have from a
44:13
statistical standpoint. Forget the the storylines and
44:16
narratives around Barry Bonds. Statistically that's that's good
44:20
company and I think we can safely assume Mookie Betts is
44:23
free and clear of. Any any substances in that
44:27
regard so. Just know he's probably doing
44:30
it. He's probably doing it clean.
44:32
OK, so you know, clap it up for Mookie Betts.
44:37
Opta stats also going going with another nugget here.
44:42
Opta Stats tweeted Since RBI became official, only two Major
44:46
League base, only two Major League players have had a
44:48
four-game span with 9 plus hits. Nine RBI, six walks, four home
44:54
runs and a 600 plus batting average.
44:56
One is Mookie Betts. And of course, this was entering
44:59
Sunday Night Baseball, so this was prior to.
45:02
Sunday's game, The other Babe Ruth.
45:09
So when I say he's playing at an elite clip, that's not
45:12
hyperbole. That's not like we're not.
45:15
I'm not blowing that out of proportion.
45:16
He's legitimately. I know the Dodgers are.
45:20
What now? Did they play a four-game series
45:25
against the Cardinals? three-game?
45:26
Either way, like 5-6 games in. I know it's early.
45:32
There's not a hotter hitter on the planet right now than Mookie
45:35
Betts and just player in general.
45:37
I think I saw. Let me let me pull this up.
45:41
I don't know. I don't know how accurate it is
45:44
at this point, but I believe, let me see here.
45:51
Yes, at Yankee World on Twitter, he says he tweeted Mookie Betts
45:56
is leading the league in every hitting SAT imaginable while
45:58
also being first in defensive run saves as a shortstop.
46:04
So he tweeted this out 12 hours ago.
46:06
So prior to Sunday Night Baseball he had three defensive
46:11
runs saved as a shortstop. And as as I mentioned, it's just
46:16
lighting the world on fire from the plate at the dish
46:20
offensively. So it's it's incredible to see
46:28
him starting off this year the way he is with the the pressures
46:35
I think that are inherent with this 2024 Dodgers team coming
46:40
into the season. And he not to mention he's got
46:43
the sound bite of saying, you know, every team that I'm
46:46
paraphrasing, but basically saying like it's going to be
46:48
every, every team that plays us. World Series.
46:51
Whenever they they they take on the Dodgers.
46:53
And look, man, he's. He's not wrong.
46:57
I'm not going to go out and say they're going to win 140 games.
46:59
But like, this is, the reality is this is on paper at least,
47:04
this is the team to beat and we all know that.
47:07
It doesn't necessarily ever really pan out the way it should
47:11
on that paper says it should because baseball doesn't work
47:16
that way. And I said it myself.
47:18
You're a fool to think that this Dodger team is just going to
47:20
cakewalk. To the World Series.
47:23
I don't. That's just not how baseball
47:24
works. It it's it's never that easy.
47:28
But again on paper in the early going here with star power.
47:35
The Dodgers have the target on their back and so for him to
47:39
come out and kind of you know walk walk the walk a little bit
47:43
I I got to I got to show love to my man mooks man he's he's he's
47:47
doing the thing and A and a position change should not be
47:52
should not be laughed at should not you shouldn't be turning
47:54
your nose up at that because that's that's a huge deal and I
47:58
understand he came up as an infielder in in the minor
48:00
leagues I get that and. And the Red Sox system, I
48:03
understand that. But.
48:07
Doing your thing out, in, out, in the outfield, for as long as
48:10
he's, as long as he has been over the last number of years to
48:14
then transition back, you may as well be starting from scratch.
48:19
I mean, yeah, you, like I said, you come up in the system as a
48:22
minor leaguer or as a as an infielder.
48:25
But like you, you lose that if you're not, if you're not taking
48:28
those reps every day. That you get a little rusty in
48:32
that regard. So for him to have the the
48:34
spring that he did in in terms of shaking that rust off and to
48:37
be able to to catapult into this start that's that's that's
48:43
awesome that I'm, I'm a big fan of that and again as somebody
48:47
who chose Mookie Betts as a National League MVP, I'm pretty
48:50
thrilled about that so props to props to Mookie and.
48:57
One other guy that I don't even I I don't even think I've
49:00
mentioned Tyler O'Neill kind of under the radar.
49:05
I mean I knew about it obviously as as a socks guy and I I saw
49:09
the the the historical graphic come up indicating the news.
49:16
But for those who don't know, Tyler O'Neill set the opening
49:21
day home run. Record with five.
49:25
So he's homered in five straight opening days.
49:29
He had a solo Homer in, I believe it was like the eighth.
49:34
Yeah, top of the eighth has become the first AL and L player
49:37
to go deep in five straight opening days.
49:40
Per the Elias Sports Bureau, O'Neill entered the day tied
49:44
with Todd Hundley and a pair of Hall of Farmers Gary Carter,
49:48
Yogi Berra. With four.
49:50
So like, I mean all things considered it's not like a huge
49:56
deal. But like at at the end of the
49:59
day, it's just a home. It's just a it's a solo shot.
50:01
But like it's, I mean that that's again one of those cool
50:04
storylines from either a player or a team that you can come away
50:09
from opening, opening weekend and go you know, like that's
50:13
pretty cool. Like we we've been hearing about
50:15
the and I know I just got done talking about the Dodgers for
50:17
however long. But like we've been hearing
50:20
about the Dodgers all offseason and then you hear about the
50:23
whole gambling scandal and it's like, OK, I want to I want to
50:26
hear some new things. I want to hear some some maybe
50:29
under the radar storylines. You know the Pirates going four
50:33
and O. For example, Tyler O'Neill set
50:35
in the opening day home run record.
50:36
Stuff like that is what we love to see and not to.
50:41
Again, there's so I need to I really you need to hear me.
50:44
I need to reiterate this. There was so much that happened
50:47
this weekend and I know as we kind of wrap it up here that I
50:52
I'm not going to be able to get to it.
50:53
I I didn't get to it all, but not to not to.
50:59
Go left unmentioned. What's what's his name?
51:05
Martini. I think it is for the Reds.
51:08
Had a had a couple bops on opening day so and I mentioned
51:14
Tatis and TA Oscar they've they've had some some fireworks
51:19
to start the season among other names.
51:23
It's just it's cool to see, man. It's cool to see some names like
51:29
like a Tyler. O'Neill or a martini?
51:32
Those are the kind of storylines that I that that should be of
51:35
interest. To the.
51:38
The casual and and even die hard baseball fan who are looking for
51:42
something outside of LA or or what have you.
51:45
So honestly, I think that's all I really had.
51:51
Again, I know there was a lot and I I do apologize if I didn't
51:56
get to everything, but I feel like we covered a a good bit.
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Let me just run through here see if there's anything I missed.
52:05
Rangers get there that would. A little side note.
52:09
That was funny. You had Jordan.
52:12
Montgomery, right? Was is he, was he at the park at
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that point or were they still trying to get him there or is he
52:18
elsewhere? Did I see correctly that he he
52:23
was with the D backs at home when they got there?
52:29
How did that work they were playing?
52:33
Were they playing the Rangers? I can't honestly can't even
52:36
remember what that match up was. But anyway, it was like, oh that
52:41
no, no, no, they weren't playing this.
52:42
So it was It was Jordan Montgomery, obviously reigning
52:48
World Series champion, watching the Diamondbacks, his new team,
52:52
get their national. League.
52:55
Champion rings, that's that's just a little baseball humor
53:00
that that's a lot of stuff like that kind of flies under the
53:03
radar. But.
53:05
You know that that's that's a that's worth a good chuckle I'm
53:11
trying to think I was there anything anything else that I
53:15
missed. I think I mean we covered the
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reefs Mets little incident talked some some big names
53:25
mentioned the I think I mentioned the Reds had a walk
53:27
off today to kind of cap their weekend series against the
53:31
Nationals. Mention Mookie I yeah, I think I
53:39
I covered most of the big storylines there.
53:41
There was a lot to take away and look, a lot of teams, a lot of
53:46
players laying good foundations. I think for the rest of the way.
53:50
I know it's early, but we're seeing a lot of exciting stuff.
53:54
You're seeing some of these storylines.
53:56
Be. Be laid out to be they're
54:02
they're developing. I think you're gonna see maybe
54:05
some I I mentioned it earlier some rivalries I don't know
54:10
what's to come of of those based on some of these bench clearing
54:14
incidents but you're also you're getting some good sound.
54:18
Bites out there. I mean you.
54:20
You all. You're all on.
54:21
Social media you see these, these quote.
54:23
Graphics flying around and and these postgame locker room
54:28
videos flying around there. I think we're gearing up for a
54:31
good, another good season of baseball, man.
54:34
Like I look as a Sox guy. You know how I feel.
54:39
I've made it clear on here, how I feel about this season, what
54:42
I'm really expecting, what I'm hoping for this season.
54:45
But I couldn't help Opening day, man.
54:48
I'm like it. It never fails.
54:51
It never fails. You get so down all off, like if
54:56
you're a team, if you're a fan of a team that's out of the
54:59
hunt, like typically on Opening Day, you're just like, we have
55:03
nothing to really pull for here this year.
55:07
Somehow Opening Day never fails to to infuse that little sense
55:13
of hope where you're like, this could be the year, this could be
55:18
the year we finally turned things around.
55:20
And even if you get. Swept opening day is a beautiful
55:24
day. And so opening day, man, I was,
55:27
I was loving it. I was, I was loving engagement
55:30
with a lot of you all talking about just what was happening to
55:35
to start the season to to get these games underway.
55:39
I even implemented my own If some of you, if, if you follow
55:43
me on Twitter, which if you don't hit me up on Twitter with
55:47
a follow, I would greatly appreciate it.
55:49
I'm like sort of entertaining. I'm not like I'm not all that
55:54
entertaining, but you know I like, I like having some folks
55:57
to to talk to and I'll hit you back with a follow if you hit me
56:00
up. But I I mentioned I put out a
56:03
tweet opening day. I said I think I've decided to
56:07
implement a new tradition and credits to some of you guys.
56:10
I don't have specific names but I've I've seen a couple baseball
56:14
fans around social media do this as well.
56:17
That's kind of where I got the idea from.
56:19
But I'm gonna, I'm gonna use opening day as an excuse every
56:24
year now to get a new hat. And so I I I started that
56:28
tradition this year got a new hat.
56:30
It should be in on Monday. So I'm excited about that shout
56:35
out 47 brand. You all know how to make a
56:37
quality product. No, I'm not.
56:39
I'm not getting paid to say that.
56:41
But in a world where we're complaining about Nike and
56:43
Fanatics and Major League Baseball and the product that
56:45
they're putting out on the field in terms of these uniforms, 47
56:49
brand makes a quality hat. So just wanted to give some love
56:52
to them. But yeah man it's it was a fun
56:56
weekend. There was a lot of baseball to
56:58
watch. You know I I tuned in for a lot
57:03
of games that I wasn't even really a fan of.
57:06
Like I I like I mentioned I really wanted to watch the OS to
57:09
get the to get the season started again as they had the
57:13
first game on on Thursday caught some of their games throughout
57:16
the weekend. I caught the brace Phillies
57:21
series this weekend. Just a lot of exciting baseball
57:25
right out of the gate and again I already mentioned it but some
57:28
of these teams we we had exciting baseball to watch and
57:33
we had some new and exciting teams to maybe shed some light
57:38
on. So that's that's always good for
57:40
baseball. But All in all a a great opening
57:46
weekend and I'm glad, glad to have been able to take in as
57:50
much baseball as I did. I'm sure you all did as well.
57:54
But don't. Don't.
57:58
Give up on the rest of the league.
58:00
Like, I know it's you get, you get swept up in in the
58:03
excitement of all of Major League Baseball getting the
58:06
season started and then you kind of settle into your favorite
58:10
team's rhythm. I understand that.
58:13
And I I'm not going to fault you for that.
58:15
I'm I'm all about that. I I think.
58:17
It's good to be a die hard. Fan I don't.
58:19
I'm not sitting here saying you should be like a Fairweather fan
58:21
of of some other teams or like a little bandwagon action, but we
58:26
stayed on here all the time. Don't give up on the rest of the
58:29
league as the season gets underway.
58:32
Stay locked in if you got MLBTV. Stay locked in to some of these
58:35
teams, some of these players that are are going to be
58:38
exciting to watch and exciting to follow throughout the season.
58:42
Because if you don't. You're going to admit like it.
58:45
It's one thing to catch up on highlights or or to listen to us
58:48
for like a rundown of what happened and and I know seasons
58:51
long there's a lot to to keep up with.
58:53
But it's a completely different thing when you're when you're
58:57
following along. You pick out a couple players
58:59
and you track, track them throughout the year and you tune
59:01
into their games and you see these things happen in real time
59:05
as they happen and you can be like, man, I was, I I was
59:07
watching that. I saw that.
59:09
I I saw that No hitter. I saw that milestone home run
59:14
because I was tuned in and I was paying attention to this, the
59:18
entire sport of baseball as a whole, because I'm a baseball
59:20
fan. I would encourage you to do that
59:23
this year if you haven't before. It's it's it's a fun experience
59:27
and if you're like I said, if you if you're a fan of a team
59:29
that doesn't have much hope for 2024, I'm not saying to jump
59:32
ship somewhere else, but just have something you know in your
59:36
back. Pocket that you can go.
59:38
Hey, the fill in the blank team is on.
59:41
Let me check them out, see what's going on there.
59:43
It's just it's a good way to keep you.
59:46
It's a helpful way to keep you sane over the course of 162.
59:50
So I'll leave you with that. I appreciate you all listening
59:53
to me talk to myself for an hour.
59:56
Nate, I believe, should maybe. I think he said he might have
1:00:02
one more episode in them before. The honeymoon kicks off so I
1:00:08
know he's got he, he and Paige have have that to look forward
1:00:11
to but at. Some point we'll we'll get Nate
1:00:17
back. I'm going to I'm going to mix
1:00:19
Ryan in Ryan Ripken for those of you who are unfamiliar, he'll
1:00:23
be, he'll be back. He'll be a a recurring guest
1:00:26
throughout the season especially in this early going as Nate will
1:00:30
most likely be Mia for a little bit.
1:00:33
So again, my best wishes to to Nate and Paige.
1:00:37
Happy for you guys. Love you guys.
1:00:40
But again, thank you all for listening to me.
1:00:42
Talk to myself for over an hour. A lot of good baseball this
1:00:46
weekend and I wish you and your team minus like the Yankee fans
1:00:51
out there and like some others, the best of luck in 2024.
1:00:56
I wish you nothing but the best. I hope.
1:00:58
I hope the. Excitement continues.
1:01:02
I hope the surprises continue to roll in for your team.
1:01:05
Good surprises of course, and I just hope that you continue to
1:01:09
fall in love with this great game.
1:01:11
So with. That said, my friends, I love
1:01:16
you all and as always, looking forward to talking more baseball
1:01:18
with. You guys soon?
1:01:20
Until next time, stay. Filthy.