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FairT: Dodgers star in Japan, Royce Lewis hurt, Extend Crochet now? · Foul Territory

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  Speaker 1: And John concluded the section of the book by saying,
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  Speaker 1: if Gary Williams was awarding game balls, he might have
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  Speaker 1: given one to Rosenthal, but of course he.
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  Speaker 2: Wasn't going to tell his team that.
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  Speaker 1: Welcome everyone to the Monday edition of Fair Territory. Guess
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  Speaker 1: what This week we are going to have actual regular
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  Speaker 1: season baseball in Japan. We are just ten days away
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  Speaker 1: from the domestic openers. So let's get going because things
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  Speaker 1: are happening. Obviously, the big story right now, the biggest
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  Speaker 1: story in baseball is.
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  Speaker 2: What is happening in Japan.
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  Speaker 1: The two games between the Dodgers and Cubs Tuesday and Wednesday.
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  Speaker 1: The immediate headline right now is Bookie Betts condition. He
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  Speaker 1: is not going to play in these two games. He
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  Speaker 1: has lost almost fifteen pounds. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says,
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  Speaker 1: But the bigger deal here, the far bigger deal, is
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  Speaker 1: just the impact of the sport and of Shoheotani, Yoshinobu
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  Speaker 1: Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki in Japan. We've seen stories about
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  Speaker 1: the crowds, We've seen just the excitement that this series
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  Speaker 1: has brought Japan, the excitement, especially around Otani.
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  Speaker 2: A number of the writers have.
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  Speaker 1: Tweeted photos of different endorsements that Otani has.
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  Speaker 2: There seems to be one everywhere.
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  Speaker 1: So it's really cool to me to see the sport
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  Speaker 1: at this fever pitch in another country. Now. It's always
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  Speaker 1: been like that to some degree in Japan, but the
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  Speaker 1: ascent of these Japanese stars with the Dodgers really has
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  Speaker 1: solidified it in a way we have not seen before.
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  Speaker 1: And Otani is largely responsible for all of that. He
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  Speaker 1: is maybe the best player we have ever seen, so
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  Speaker 1: from that perspective, it's just been really cool. The Athletic
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  Speaker 1: has three writers over there. I wrote a story today
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  Speaker 1: about the Japanese company that was involved in the Sasaki
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  Speaker 1: sweepstakes and irked some Major league executives. Fabi and Ardaya
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  Speaker 1: wrote a story today about just the growth of baseball
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  Speaker 1: in Japan and what has happened there with Otani being
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  Speaker 1: such a global star. And then Evandrelic is over there,
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  Speaker 1: sahatif Sharma is over there, We're going to have complete
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  Speaker 1: coverage over the next few days. The excitement. I don't
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  Speaker 1: know if it's going to prompt people to get up
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  Speaker 1: at six am Eastern or three am Pacific, but it's excitement.
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  Speaker 1: It's genuine and it is really great to see the
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  Speaker 1: sport achieve what it is achieving in a global way.
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  Speaker 2: Now.
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  Speaker 1: The NBA, of course has that reach. Baseball has had
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  Speaker 1: it too in Japan, but otani Mania has only fueled it.
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  Speaker 1: The Foul Territory Network has the Tokyo series covered. Click
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  Speaker 1: into live Dodgers Territory and Foul Territory postgame shows right
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  Speaker 1: after Tuesday and Wednesday's games. Alano Rizzo and Clint Pisias
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  Speaker 1: captured the LA perspective, while the Ft Crew has the
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  Speaker 1: national lens. Here from Dodgers infielder Maxim Mounsey following Tuesday's game.
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  Speaker 1: Then don't miss Sahativ Sharma and Patrick Mooney detailing the
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  Speaker 1: Cubs angle on this week's North Side Territory episodes. Subscribe
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  Speaker 1: to the entire Foul Territory Network.
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  Speaker 2: Now back over here in the United States.
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  Speaker 1: Biggest story from the weekend for me, Royce Lewis's injury
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  Speaker 1: pulled up lame running to first base on Sunday left
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  Speaker 1: hamstring strain on Monday. As we tape, he is awaiting
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  Speaker 1: the results of an MRI. He's actually undergoing an MRI,
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  Speaker 1: and then will have those results. The problem with the
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  Speaker 1: Twins is that they are so reliant on Lewis, on
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  Speaker 1: Carlos Correa, on Byron Buxton, three players who have had
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  Speaker 1: multiple injuries throughout the last several years. Three guys who
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  Speaker 1: have a hard time staying on the field. And we
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  Speaker 1: know this from paying attention to the sport that the
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  Speaker 1: best predictor of future injuries is past injuries. And the
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  Speaker 1: Twins are in a spot where they're relying on guys
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  Speaker 1: who I wouldn't say inevitably but often get hurt. Royce
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  Speaker 1: Lewis has never played more than eighty two games in
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  Speaker 1: a season. Correa's problems, Buxton's problems have been well chronicled,
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  Speaker 1: and the Twins really in the last two offseasons haven't
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  Speaker 1: done much to support their team. They haven't spent a
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  Speaker 1: whole lot of money in this offseason. It was Harrison Bader,
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  Speaker 1: Danny Coolohm, justin Topa ty Franz on a non guaranteed deal.
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  Speaker 2: That's it. So they are who they are.
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  Speaker 1: They're a very talented group, and they do have a
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  Speaker 1: measure of depth at third base without Lewis. They can
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  Speaker 1: go with Jose Miranda, they can go with Willie Castro
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  Speaker 1: Brooks Lee. They have guys, and they have guys if
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  Speaker 1: Buxton gets hurt and if Correa gets hurt to some
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  Speaker 1: degree as well. But for the Twins, this is just
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  Speaker 1: a disappointing start to a season. And maybe it's not
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  Speaker 1: that serious. Maybe Royce Lewis gets back on the field
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  Speaker 1: sooner rather than later. But again a discouraging note in
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  Speaker 1: March as the season approaches for the Minnesota Twins. And finally,
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  Speaker 1: pitching injuries. There are always pitching injuries at this time
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  Speaker 1: of year. They seem to almost peak at this time
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  Speaker 1: of year. We've had a few more of late with
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  Speaker 1: the Rangers two starting pitchers. Cody Bradford has some elbow soreness.
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  Speaker 1: He's out at least four weeks. John Gray fractured wrist,
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  Speaker 1: out at least six weeks. And then the Milwaukee Brewers,
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  Speaker 1: a team that just recently signed Jose Cantana to add
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  Speaker 1: to their depth, has an issue with Tobias Myers, one
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  Speaker 1: of their breakthrough stars last year. Myers has an oblique strain. Those,
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  Speaker 1: as we know, can always be tricky. So those injuries,
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  Speaker 1: on top of the Yankees losing Garrett Cole and Louis
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  Speaker 1: Heel and scratching Clark Schmidt from his start on Monday
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  Speaker 1: due to his shoulder issue, and the Orioles with Grayson
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  Speaker 1: Rodriguez down. There are just a number of teams looking
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  Speaker 1: for pitching right now. Now we know who is available
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  Speaker 1: in free agency. It's Lance Lynn, It's Kyle Gibson, It's
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  Speaker 1: Spencer Turnbull, maybe Alex would And we know who is
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  Speaker 1: available in trade. It's Dylan Ceas, It's Jordan Montgomery and
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  Speaker 1: perhaps a few others. Whether any of these deals come
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  Speaker 1: to pass in the next few days remains to be seen,
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  Speaker 1: but I would say that around the game the urgency
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  Speaker 1: is increasing for starting pitching. It always seems to be
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  Speaker 1: a high level of urgency, but in the last week
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  Speaker 1: or so, I would say it's ramped up even more so.
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  Speaker 1: The free agents, obviously, they want a certain amount of
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  Speaker 1: money to play this season, especially the veteran guys like
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  Speaker 1: Gibson and Lynn, and the trades. Aj Preller with the
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  Speaker 1: San Diego Padres has not wanted to trade off his
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  Speaker 1: major league team the entire off season. He doesn't want
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  Speaker 1: to do it. He wants his team to be as
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  Speaker 1: strong as possible. Whether some team will tempt him enough
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  Speaker 1: before opening day. Whether some team will tempt the Marlins
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  Speaker 1: enough to get Sandy Alcntra before opening day, I sort
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  Speaker 1: of doubt it, but these are things to watch as
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  Speaker 1: we get closer again. International openers this week, domestic openers
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  Speaker 1: ten days away. We'll be back after a quick word
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  Speaker 1: Well, time out for the inside Dish, the part of
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  Speaker 1: the show right, talk about maybe something I've written, maybe
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  Speaker 1: a trend in the game, maybe something else entirely, And
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  Speaker 1: this week I want to devote the entire segment.
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  Speaker 2: To my friend John Feinstein.
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  Speaker 1: John, of course passed away shockingly last week. His loss
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  Speaker 1: is crushing, and I just want to go through some
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  Speaker 1: of my own memories because we had a kind of
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  Speaker 1: unique relationship. I met John in nineteen ninety two at
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  Speaker 1: Camden Yards. He was dealing with a torn achilles and
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  Speaker 1: he had a guy with him, a young kid who
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  Speaker 1: went to Duke. John of course famously went to Duke
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  Speaker 1: who was kind of serving as his intern. He was
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  Speaker 1: helping John with a baseball book he was working on,
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  Speaker 1: and he was helping John get around Camden Yards because
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  Speaker 1: he had this achilles issue. That student's name was Brad Snyder.
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  Speaker 1: Brad later became an intern at the Baltimore Sun. He
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  Speaker 1: went on to much bigger things. He is an author
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  Speaker 1: of several books himself, including A Well Paid Slave, The
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  Speaker 1: Story of Kurt Flood, and he is now a law
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  Speaker 1: professor at Georgetown University. So Brad one of the few
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  Speaker 1: of us who actually made good anyway, he was with John,
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  Speaker 1: and that for me was the start of my relationship
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  Speaker 1: with John going forward. Now, you might have seen in
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  Speaker 1: the last few days, depending on what you've read or
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  Speaker 1: what you've seen on television, that John could be difficult
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  Speaker 1: to work with, that John could be complicated. And maybe
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  Speaker 1: those things are true. I never worked with him side
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  Speaker 1: by side of the Washington Post or any place else
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  Speaker 1: for that matter, But certainly that is not how I
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  Speaker 1: will remember John, and frankly, that is not how John
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  Speaker 1: should be remembered. He is the author, was the author
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  Speaker 1: of more than forty books, more than forty He's one
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  Speaker 1: of the greatest sports writers of all time. And he
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  Speaker 1: was a guy who was incredibly passionate, fun to be around,
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  Speaker 1: and kind to many young writers. And this kind of
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  Speaker 1: got lost in some of the things that were written
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  Speaker 1: about him. How he could mentor a lot of people,
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  Speaker 1: and he did it with me.
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  Speaker 2: Back in the year two thousand, I.
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  Speaker 1: Actually wrote a book. It wasn't much of a book.
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  Speaker 1: It was called A True to Dean Smith. What it
• 10:01
  Speaker 1: should have been titled was I Remember Dean Smith. And
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  Speaker 1: what it was was interviews with I don't know seventy
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  Speaker 1: or eighty people about Dean Smith, and those interviews were
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  Speaker 1: printed verbatim in this book. It didn't sell very well.
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  Speaker 1: That was never going to sell very well. I did
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  Speaker 1: it because I, frankly, was trying to make a little
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  Speaker 1: extra money. But it was a lot of fun to do.
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  Speaker 1: And John, even though this was his territory acc basketball,
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  Speaker 1: particularly tobacco road basketball. Remember he was a duke guy.
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  Speaker 1: John could not have been more helpful. He pointed me
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  Speaker 1: in the right direction, gave me some phone numbers, agreed
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  Speaker 1: to be interviewed himself for the book. A lot of writers,
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  Speaker 1: a lot would not have been nearly as gracious or generous,
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  Speaker 1: and that was really something that I will never forget
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  Speaker 1: John and kind of his active friendship in helping me
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  Speaker 1: do that. Now, there are other things I remember as well,
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  Speaker 1: back when I was a general sports columnist for the
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  Speaker 1: Baltimore Sun, and this is when I met John in
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  Speaker 1: ninety two. From the years ninety one to two thousand,
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  Speaker 1: general sports columnists covered everything at the time, I also
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  Speaker 1: had a radio talk show in Baltimore. That talk show
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  Speaker 1: is where I started the dude in Dork of the Week,
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  Speaker 1: and John, whenever he wrote a book, would bug me
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  Speaker 1: like crazy to come on that talk show. It was
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  Speaker 1: a two hour talk show. It aired from ten am
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  Speaker 1: to noon on Saturday mornings. There couldn't have been more
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  Speaker 1: than a couple of thousand people listening to that talk
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  Speaker 1: show at any given moment, and that estimate might be
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  Speaker 1: a little high, quite frankly, but John was adamant about
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  Speaker 1: coming on. He hustled to sell his books like no
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  Speaker 1: one else, and I later came to learn through John
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  Speaker 1: and through other friends of mine who wrote books, that
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  Speaker 1: the publishers don't necessarily help much with publicity, so he
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  Speaker 1: would be out after writing the book and probably working
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  Speaker 1: on the next one.
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  Speaker 2: Because he wrote more than forty.
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  Speaker 1: He'd be out there stumping for his book, trying to
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  Speaker 1: make people as interested as they could in what he
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  Speaker 1: was writing. And of course he wrote about everything there
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  Speaker 1: was to write about in golf, in college basketball, and baseball,
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  Speaker 1: college football. He covered everything, and his books, of course
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  Speaker 1: were brilliant. Two other stories, both from the ACC Tournament.
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  Speaker 1: The ACT Tournament is an event that John of course relished.
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  Speaker 1: I relished it too during my time in Baltimore. When
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  Speaker 1: people ask me what I missed the most about being
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  Speaker 1: a columnist and covering baseball full time, it's college basketball
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  Speaker 1: and specifically the ACC. So I remember nineteen ninety five tournament.
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  Speaker 1: Dean Smith, now Clemson played a game against North Carolina
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  Speaker 1: in which they had a player named Turba, and I
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  Speaker 1: guess he had some hard fouls in the game, and
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  Speaker 1: the turbay after the game was a focus of Dean
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  Speaker 1: Smith's postgame press.
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  Speaker 2: Conference, or at least a mention.
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  Speaker 1: He merited a mention, and Dean Smith said, Turba and
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  Speaker 1: I think there was one other Clemson player. They play
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  Speaker 1: kind of a European style. Well, with that, John's hands
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  Speaker 1: shot up in the press conference Dean. John wanted to
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  Speaker 1: ask a question, and John asked, Dean, are you saying
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  Speaker 1: that a Turbe and this other player are dirty players?
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  Speaker 1: And Dean, knowing that John liked to tweak him, and
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  Speaker 1: knowing that John was unafraid to ask anyone anything at
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  Speaker 1: any time, kind of looked out. He had the spotline
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  Speaker 1: on him. He looked out in the crowd and goes, John,
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  Speaker 1: is that you? And of course it was, and the
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  Speaker 1: press conference proceeded from there.
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  Speaker 2: I don't remember how Dean answered the question.
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  Speaker 1: My all time favorite story and this one involves me.
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  Speaker 1: Nineteen ninety seven ACC tournament, going into it again. I
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  Speaker 1: was a general sports columnist at the Baltimore Sun. I
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  Speaker 1: wrote a column based on an interview with Gary Williams,
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  Speaker 1: the Maryland coach. And in that column, or in that interview,
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  Speaker 1: I should say, Gary Williams mentioned that he wasn't all
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  Speaker 1: that happy with his.
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  Speaker 2: Point guard, Terrell Stokes.
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  Speaker 1: And off the record he said, you know what, I
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  Speaker 1: might even change point guards for the tournament. And the
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  Speaker 1: guy he was thinking of was a player named Laron Prophet.
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  Speaker 1: So I wrote this column about how Gary Williams was
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  Speaker 1: thinking about a change in point guard cards and needless
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  Speaker 1: to say, Gary used that to his advantage. Now I
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  Speaker 1: won't say I was played necessarily, but he knew what
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  Speaker 1: he was doing, and I understood that, yes, this would
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  Speaker 1: be something that he could use and dwell on a
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  Speaker 1: little bit and firing up his team. But it was
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  Speaker 1: a good story and it seemed certainly to me legitimate
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  Speaker 1: at the time. So John, in writing A March to Madness,
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  Speaker 1: had access to all the different acc locker rooms during
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  Speaker 1: the tournament, really the whole season. It was an amazing book.
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  Speaker 1: I recommend it, as I recommend all of John's books.
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  Speaker 1: And in that book, after Marylyn B. Clemson, there is
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  Speaker 1: a little episode in which Gary Williams tells the Maryland players,
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  Speaker 1: we showed those assholes from Baltimore, and as John pointed
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  Speaker 1: out in the book, that would be Rosenthal. And then
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  Speaker 1: Gary went on and on, and John concluded the section
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  Speaker 1: of the book by saying, if Gary Williams was awarding
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  Speaker 1: game balls, he might have given one to Rosenthal, but
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  Speaker 1: of course he wasn't going to tell his team that. Now,
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  Speaker 1: the best part of the story from my perspective, besides
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  Speaker 1: being honored to be in one of John's books, which
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  Speaker 1: I didn't know was coming at the time. Immediately after
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  Speaker 1: this happened out in the press area during the tournament,
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  Speaker 1: John comes running up to me. John's like, You're not
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  Speaker 1: gonna believe this. Gary just bfg you all the way
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  Speaker 1: to his players up and down, and I was just laughing, thinking, Okay,
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  Speaker 1: he got me. Gary Williams got me, and now John
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  Speaker 1: knew all about it.
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  Speaker 2: He was one of a kind and I will miss
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  Speaker 2: him dearly.
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  Speaker 1: Hadn't spoken with him as much in recent years, mostly
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  Speaker 1: because I'm just so locked in on baseball, but at
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  Speaker 1: the same time, I relished every.
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  Speaker 2: Moment I had with John. I love John. May he
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  Speaker 2: rest in peace.
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  Speaker 1: Time Now for Grill and Ken, the part of the
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  Speaker 1: program where I get to answer your questions.
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  Speaker 2: Here we go.
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  Speaker 1: The first question comes from Ethan, who asks thoughts on
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: Joey Gallo converting to being a pitcher now in CASEHU
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: missed it. Over the weekend, ZSOX released Joey Gallo, and
• 16:02
  Speaker 1: almost immediately after being released, Joey Gallo announced on X
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  Speaker 1: that he was now going to be a pitcher. John
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  Speaker 1: Hayman later confirmed the news. This was serious, and people
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  Speaker 1: had an interesting reaction on X, as they generally do
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  Speaker 1: a lot of people kind of had fun with it,
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  Speaker 1: thought it was kind of cool, and you know what,
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  Speaker 1: it is kind of cool. Joey Gallo obviously had something
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  Speaker 1: of a tortured career, or has had something of.
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  Speaker 2: A tortured career as a hitter. We know him.
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  Speaker 1: He's the ultimate three to two outcomes guy. He had
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  Speaker 1: amazing talent. At one time, he turned down a big
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: contract extension from the Texas Rangers and it just never
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  Speaker 1: worked out for him the way so many people anticipated,
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  Speaker 1: so many of us anticipated in the media. I thought
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  Speaker 1: he would be a star, and now that he is
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  Speaker 1: evidently giving up as a hitter, I think all you
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  Speaker 1: can do is applaud him for trying to continue his career.
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  Speaker 1: The guy obviously loves the game. The guy also was
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  Speaker 1: quite popular in every clubhouse that he ever entered. Players
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  Speaker 1: really liked him. So if he can somehow figure out
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  Speaker 1: a way to pitch and extend his career that way,
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: more power to him. Good for you, Joey Gallo. I
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: hope it works out.
• 17:13
  Speaker 2: Next question.
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: This one comes from George to Bone, who asks why
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: aren't the Yankees utilizing Garrett Cole's insurance money into their
• 17:19
  Speaker 1: roster for this season? They still don't have a legitimate
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: third baseman or DH nor do they have George the
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: starting pitching depth.
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: That they had before.
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: Cole and Heal and maybe Clark Schmidt all had different
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: levels of physical issues. It is a very fair thing
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: to ask what the Yankees are doing here, because they
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: are getting a good amount of money back from Garrett
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: Cole's contract. The way it works, there's a ninety day
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: deductible and then after that they get seventy five percent.
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: Of whatever time he misses.
• 17:52
  Speaker 1: My understanding is it's going to work out to a
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: little over fifty percent of his salary during the time
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: he is out. It's a lot of money.
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: Now.
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: At the same time, the Yankees are over the highest
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: luxury tax threshold, the Steve Cohen line, and for whatever reason,
• 18:09
  Speaker 1: that seems to be restricting them in their spending at
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: this moment. Remember, when you're over the highest threshold, you
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: pay a one hundred and ten percent tax on every
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: dollar you spend. So if you sign a guy for
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: ten million, he effectively costs twenty one million. A lot
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: of money, no doubt. Now. I sat on foul Territory
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: last week. One of the issues the Yankees see with
• 18:29
  Speaker 1: the pitching is that they're not that enamored with the
• 18:33
  Speaker 1: players the free agents who are out there. Okay, that's fine,
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: but George, you make a great point. They still could
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: use a third baseman, and they still could.
• 18:41
  Speaker 2: Use another bat with Stanton down as well.
• 18:43
  Speaker 1: So I don't know exactly why they are holding back here.
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: Maybe they're just waiting for a better opportunity, but it's
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: strictly a cash question for them. They're already over the
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: Steve Cohen line. So if you're over that, yes you
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: have to pay that one hundred and ten percent penalty,
• 19:00
  Speaker 1: but as you point out, you're getting money back for coal.
• 19:05
  Speaker 1: All right. Final question, This one comes from Dave Toles,
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: who asked, do you see Garrett Crochet getting a contract
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: extension before opening day? If not, does that increase his
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: chance of waiting until free agency? Okay, here's the deal
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: with Crochet, two years of control remaining, earning three point
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: eight million this season, then next year becomes his walk year.
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: It seems to me, and it has been widely reported
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: that the Red Sox are indeed interested in signing Crochet
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: to an extension, especially because they gave up such a
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: haul for him in that deal. They made with the
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: Chicago White Sox. Whether it happens or not remains to
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: be seen. The athletics Tim Britton, who does a great
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: job predicting extensions based on past contracts, basically forecasts that
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: Crochet would get five years, one hundred and ten million
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: if the Red Sox did an extension.
• 19:55
  Speaker 2: Now, and people might.
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: Say, who boa, that's way too low, but keep in
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: mind it includes his final two years of arbitration. Remember,
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: as I said, the first one is three point eight million,
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: the next one would be about seven. That would make
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: his three free agent years in what Tim is proposing
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: worth more.
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: Than thirty million dollars each.
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: Now, my guess is Garret Crochet wants more than five
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: year deal, more than three free agent years covered, and
• 20:19
  Speaker 1: it will be interesting to see if the Red Sox
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: are willing to extend to that length. John Henry, as owner,
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: has been resistant since the Chris Sale contract to giving
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: big contracts to starting pitchers. That's something where he feels
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: he's been burned a couple of times and he doesn't
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: want to.
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: Go that route again necessarily.
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: Now Crochet is different, He's younger, less wear and tear
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: on his arm. Crochet also has yet to pitch in Boston.
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: He's pitched in non competitive environments, essentially as a member
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: of the Chicago White Sox. I shouldn't say non competitive,
• 20:53
  Speaker 1: that's not fair, but he hasn't pitched under the kind
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: of pressure that he will face in Boston. Maybe the
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: Red Sox want to see a little bit before they commit,
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: but my guess is they've probably seen enough in spring training.
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: They know what kind of competitor Garrett Crochet is, so
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: I would expect them to make a push. And yes,
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: if this doesn't get done at this moment, then it
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: probably gets delayed until next offseason. And at that point
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: he's a year away from free agency and he might
• 21:19
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• 21:21
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