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RIP, Willie Mays · 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 Take
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I'll be your host, Kyle Cord. I'm here with my Co host Nate
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Hello everyone. Hello.
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This is fun. Actually I do like the late
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Way late for me. This is old school stuff.
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Dude, we used to do like. You would you would like edit
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I was so I was so hard pressed about waiting until the the
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anything. Because we must have been burned
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I shot an 87 on the course today and I feel pretty, pretty good
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Lost one ball on hole one. That's it.
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And then it was all uphill from there.
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Downhill. Smooth sailing.
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Yeah. Proud of you.
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That's big time. Thanks.
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You had some chocolate today. Yeah.
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I did, yeah. Took a took a trip of the fam up
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to Hershey Park up in good old PA.
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Are you a milk chocolate or a dark chocolate?
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Guy so hot up there dude milk chocolate for sure I mean I
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don't discriminate against the dark chocolate I I will say my
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taste buds have evolved I'm I'm. I am proud of you for that.
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Yeah, I'm there. Like I I won't say no to it if
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it's offered to me, but I'm still a milk chocolate guy at
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heart so. Big dark chocolate guy.
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I think milk chocolate's pretty much a waste of time.
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Pretty much. A peanut.
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M and MA peanut M&M goes a long way for me though.
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That's milk chocolate. Yeah, that, that'll do it.
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But just straight up milk chocolate, like those Hershey
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kisses. Did you have some of those
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today? I actually didn't.
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I did have a Hershey bar, though.
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I mean, that's, that's standard. That's kind of, you know,
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checking the box. That's the whole like when in
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Rome thing, man, that's like getting, it's like getting pasta
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in Italy. You get a Hershey bar from
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Chocolate World at Hershey Park. That's very true.
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That's, that's your day right there.
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It's very true. But anyway, enough about
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chocolate. Let's talk about some baseball
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'cause that's what we like to do here on this show.
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Well, maybe not so much Nate as of late, 'cause my friend is my
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friend is down bad right now. I'm so pissed.
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So you. Might you might touch on that a
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little later towards the end of the episode, but before we even
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think about wrapping things up, we got we got to get into some
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some items here. We're talking Willie Mays, of
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course, Aaron Judge had a little bit of an injury scare.
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Mike Trout Speaking of injuries, shocker little behind schedule
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with with the rehab there. Grimace the streak finally ended
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tonight, but it's still I think it's still worth addressing the
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the importance and the impact that Grimace has had with the
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New York Mets. Going to talk some some Dodger
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City connects Part 2. And then, as always, we're going
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to get into some weekend weekend series to watch.
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So we get you primed up for the the weekend coming your way.
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But as I mentioned, have to have to start with the the sad,
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unfortunate news, the passing of Willie Mace.
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I feel like, I feel like this happens anytime we we lose one
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of the legends. It's, it's one of those things
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where you wish you would have that like there's almost this
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weird sense of guilt or regret that like you wish you would
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have done. At least for me.
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I'm, I'm not speaking for everybody, but I like, for me, I
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wish I would have done more to educate myself on the resume and
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the, the impact in the sport that this guy had while he was
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still with us. I I hate that I have to be that
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I'm, I'm learning about these, these deep cut Nuggets, these
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statistics, these accomplishments, these, these
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feats that he attained. I hate that I'm having to, to
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learn these things as we go following this unfortunate news.
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But on the flip side of that, you know, it's, it's, it's
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really, really cool to see how much this man is being
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celebrated across baseball. And, and I don't think, I don't
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think that's a stretch by any means.
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I, I think you, you look just about anywhere, any corner of,
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of baseball right now. And, and people are talking
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about what, how great of a player this guy was, how great
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of a man he was. I even on our trip today, I even
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before we left, I grabbed his, his autobiography off the shelf
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and I started reading that on the way up there because I was
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like, I want to get, I want to get into, into the mind of this
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guy. And, and, and even just in the
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first few pages, I'm like that. I can see why this man was so
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widely respected across baseball, but such a loss man,
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such a loss. And I hate to say, but this
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Willie Mays was one of those guys where he's just been around
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the game for so long that it got to a point where it was like is,
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is Willie Mays still with us? And you check and he's still
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kicking. I mean this man lived a long and
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and just full life 93 years old. Yeah, it's incredible.
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Yeah, I, I found myself doing that same thing.
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I don't know, like a week ago, one of our guys in the in the
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league, I think it's Matt, right, That works something with
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with baseball he's doing, he's setting everything up for for
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Rick Wood, the Rick Wood game. And I think he mentioned that
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Willie was supposed to come and I caught myself like I was like,
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hold on, is Willie still with us?
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And that was a week ago. But yeah, it's hurts, man.
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It hurts. I think it's really just like
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AAII don't like to like compare or anything like that, but like,
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I mean Hank Aaron hurt this. I don't know why this one just
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feels a little bit different. This one feels like it's just
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it's a little bit bigger. I don't I don't I don't know, no
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disrespect in any way, Just like I think it's just hitting home a
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little bit more with a lot of a lot of big baseball fans.
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I can. It is that like that like slight
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generation before. I know there's some crossover in
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there in their careers, but like I he's he's the legend dude,
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like he's, you know, there's kids literally that like are
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trying to emulate and his catch then that no, like we never got
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to watch him. You know what I mean?
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It's just like it's it's a it's a name that's timeless.
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It's going to last forever. To, to, to your point about the,
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the Hank Aaron comparison, I, I feel like I may have a thought
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as to why that is because I, I almost feel the same way.
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And again, no disrespect to Hank Aaron, obviously one of the
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greatest ever do it. But with Willie Mays, I, I think
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the difference here. And again, this is just
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speculation. This is just me thinking out
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loud. I think with Hank Aaron, there's
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this weird, I don't want to say stigma, but I think because the,
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the, the topic, the the home run king, that the conversation that
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surrounds that is so polarizing that there's this weird, I don't
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know, this weird angle that maybe people have with Hank
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Aaron and it made, it may not even be intentional.
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Maybe it's it's more of like a ricochet effect with Hank Aaron,
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where it's there they want to defend Barry Bonds so bad that
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like Hank Aaron kind of catches some strays from time to time.
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And that it's just anytime you hear Hank Aaron, you, you, you,
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your defenses go up and you're going OK.
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Like I got to, I got to be ready to defend my camp, whether it's
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Hank Aaron or Barry Bonds or or whoever else you want to put in
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that conversation. But with Willie Mays, I think
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the thing that that makes this different and the reason it
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maybe stings a little different is because this guy just all
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around like sure, he didn't have didn't have the exactly didn't
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have the home run title. Didn't you know, he's not in
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that that echelon with with Hank and and Barry Bonds, but just
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all around one truly, truly one of the best to ever do it.
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And it's like when you think Willie Mays, you're not thinking
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that same. You're not thinking along those
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lines of, of controversy or, or, or him being polarizing in in
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that way, whether well-intentioned or not.
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You just think incredible human being, incredible talent on the
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diamond. And when, when you lose a guy
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like that, it you just whether it's him or a guy like Hank
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Aaron, you, you just can't find anything negative to say about
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the guy. And it, it's, it's unfortunate
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again, like I already shared my thoughts and, and how like, I
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feel like I've had to respond where it's like, man, now I
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really he's, he's no longer with us.
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But now I feel like I, I owe it to myself to, and owe it to him
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to, to again educate myself more on, on just how good this guy
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was. But it's, it's even more
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unfortunate that, you know, there there are people that are
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younger than us with kids coming up that just, I don't even think
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have the slightest clue as to how good this guy was.
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But again, I'm always trying to find the positive and stuff like
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this. You know, whether it's dad,
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whether it's the uncle, the the older brother they had.
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They now have the opportunity now that the the celebration and
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and the it's really unfortunate, but the timing of this whole
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Rick would this game at Rick would feel like on.
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I mean, I'm, I am certain that there's going to be quite the
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celebration in store and I and I fully trust that they're going
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to have everything in place. And I think, like I said, going
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back to my point as these these younger kids are just people who
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are unfamiliar with his career. Did I mean, they now have the
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opportunity to really do a deep dive into just how good he was?
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I think there's definitely some celebrating that's going to be
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happening around this, this series, in this game.
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I I think, yeah, I mean, not to get like too negative here, but
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like we are in in this strange place in, in society.
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And I don't know if it's surrounded around social media,
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but it's like this this comparison to modern day players
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versus, you know, back then. And it's like, well, you know,
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they didn't see the same pitching back then or they
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didn't get to see the same type of arms coming out of the
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bullpen and just this back and forth.
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And it's almost like this degrading of guys that like have
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literally laid the path for why the game is what it is today
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then. And, and I think it's important
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that we, we still recognize greatness and, and not have to
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tear that down to build up our modern day, you know, amazing
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players. And it did and vice versa.
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Like, I don't think there's any reason to attack modern day
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players. It's just you can't compare guys
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across generations. It's just, it's not possible.
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But I think this there's, I've heard some chatter about maybe
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I, I think Buster only came out and said, you know, he thinks
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Willie may should be the new logo for MLBI.
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Think that there's, I mean, Can you imagine like this silhouette
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of, of the catch, like something like that?
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You know, I, I don't know that I think I think they're overall
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our, our baseball world media, everything is just going to do a
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really great job of educating. Even us, even, you know, people
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that have loved and fell in love with this game for years and
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have paid attention to as much as we can and absorbed as much
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as we can. There's just still so many
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things that we're we're not going to be able to uncover.
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I have some amazing Nuggets that I wanted to share tonight.
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I know you do too. So I think let's, let's educate.
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Let's just be a part of that, that mix of getting getting more
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of his stuff out there. Well, running through his resume
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that I alluded to just a few minutes ago in in case you're
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not familiar, just running through the basics here, but hit
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Willie Mays over the course of his career, obviously a Hall of
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Famer, two time MVP, 24 time All Star.
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And if you hear that and you go, how is that possible?
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You may not remember where he may have never heard, but this
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was back. He played it in a time when they
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had two All Star games in a season.
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So he was able to, you know it Willie Mays, I would venture to
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say probably didn't have any, any issue making it to both in a
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given year. So naturally he's going to be
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racking up those All Stars. So 24 time All Star.
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He was Rookie of the Year, was a 1954 World Series champion, was
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a batting champion and was a Major League player of the year.
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Over his career, accumulated a WAR of 156.2, had 3293 hits, had
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660 home runs, hit three O one over the course of his career,
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which by the way was 23 years, hit three O 1.
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I know, I know we talked about the home runs, you know the RB
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is even the OPS stuff like that. But to hit three O 1 over 23
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years, just just crazy. 2068 runs scored, 1909 RB is 339
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stolen bases. Again, touching on that true 5
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tool player aspect. He had a career OBP of 384,
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slugged 557 OPS of 940 and an OPS plus of 155.
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Yeah. Yeah, I did.
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I did read an article, I think it was actually Buster Oni that
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he talked about maybe him deserving more MVPS than just
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the two. And he went by like different
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years in his career where he could have won.
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And what he explained was that like back in the day, MVPS were
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the definition of that. And the voting was just a little
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bit different. It was for sure about like a
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winning ball club. It was for sure about the best
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team in baseball. And one of those players being
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like at like their leadership was for sure counted for in the
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voting. Like they, they hated to repeat
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MVPS. So there was like a lot of
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factors as to like why he didn't win more than two.
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And he actually wrote this article and went like year by
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year of what he did. And he thinks and, and Buster
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only like, you know, we, we can have our favorite writers and we
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can say what we want about writers.
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That guy knows a lot more about baseball than I think you, I or
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anyone listening right now. So for him to talk about this
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stuff, I, you know, you can kind of trust his, his opinion, but
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he talks about how like he very well thinks he could have had
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seven or eight MVPS if it was based on like today's criteria.
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Where is more stat based and less opinion based around
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leadership and the value to the team.
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I've got a lot of Nuggets. I'm going to try and not get too
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wordy for everyone. Just wanted to to screenshot
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some stuff here #1 Nugget. He is one of do do do do the no.
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He is the only player ever to have fifty home runs and 20
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triples in a season. He is.
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He had 70 extra base hits in 13 straight seasons.
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No other player has had thirteen seasons total, not just
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consecutive, ever total. You talked about the All Star
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appearances, 18 All Star as a starter, which is more than
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anyone else in history talks about guys that I brought up
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this, you know, this argument of when we talk about guys in the
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past of who they face and like what the big deal is about
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certain pitchers. But it brought up like Hall of
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Farmers that he's faced in the past.
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Warren Spahn, he had 253 played appearances against him.
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Don Drysdale 243 and he hit over 300 against both of them
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combined for three 18371 and a 596 slash line 59.
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Eight extra base hits and 31 home runs against those two guys
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face 14 Hall of Farmers overall with a 286 batting average at an
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859 OPS against Spawn Drysdale. Sandy Koufax, Robin Roberts,
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Fergie Jenkins Crazy names One of 33 members in the 3000 Hit
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club, but he is the only one with at least 3000 hits, A300
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average, 300 home runs and three hundred stolen bases splits.
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Righty versus lefty he had 3O2 average.
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No, this is at home, home and Rd. splits 3O2 average 335 home
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runs at home, three O 1 on the road with 325 home runs on the
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road. Hits 300 against righties with
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A-917-OPS3O5 with 1000 O 6 OPS versus lefties.
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Mays had at least a 300 average and a 925 OPS in every month
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except July. Mays often stepped up in big
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spots, posting a 965 career OPS in high leverage situations.
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Ranks fifth of all time. So just some amazing things that
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this man was able to do and just fun little stat Nuggets that
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really put it in her perspective on these numbers do transcend
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time and it transcends generations.
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And say what you will about competition or level of
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competition, but he did compete against some incredible players.
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And don't forget that that man served our country as well and
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missed a season and a half of time and very well could have
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passed Babe Ruth before Hank did if he didn't miss that time.
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In case you're wondering how how Willie Mays responded coming
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back as many of these guys did when they came back.
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Just lit it up. Lit it up by the way.
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Won in won in MVP the year he came back 1954, and then
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proceeded to his first year back 1954.
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Proceeded to be an All Star every season until 1972.
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So. Yeah.
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There you go. But yeah, to your point about
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the competition, that that's that's one of my biggest
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takeaways from again, I, I have so I still have so much to learn
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about Willie Mays and and what he was able to accomplish on the
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field. But that I, I have to say in, in
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the conversations I've had with people about Willie Mays and the
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things I've read, the things I've heard, watched, I have
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never, ever heard about the credibility of this guy's resume
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based on the era he played in, who he played against, or who he
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played with. Everyone agrees that the Willie
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Mays, regardless of era, was just one of the greatest talents
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this game has ever. Seen 3 decades, You know what I
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mean? Three decades from the 50s to
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the 70s and, and like, at what point are we going to just stop
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with that argument? Babe Ruth?
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Look, I understand that conversation.
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I get it. The 20s is different.
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But with what Willie was able to do the the the frontier that he
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just was able to conquer that he's he was Mike Trout before
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Mike Trout for for you young UNS.
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You know what I mean? Like he was full on the dude and
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like not that big of a guy either.
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I think I've read that he was like five 10170.
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Five, 10170. Yep.
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Flew around, just flew around and everything you did.
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Yeah, I was in in the reading I was doing kind of getting my
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thoughts together for for this episode to to talk about this.
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I was doing some some digging around and there was sort of a
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consensus among certain writers or reporters or whatever in that
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contrary to the way they feel about all the players from
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previous eras who maybe would struggle in today's game.
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Again, it seemed to be somewhat sort of a consensus that Willie
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Mays would actually hold his own today.
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Like they they were like this guy and they were talking the
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the point or the the reasoning behind that.
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That thought process was that so much of the game today has been
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crafted to support or not crafted, but has so much of the
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game today has been tweaked, I guess we could say, or designed
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to help improve the offense or support the offensive side of
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the ball, whether at the plate or on the bases.
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Could you imagine a guy like Willie Mays with the the the
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recently introduced changes to to stealing?
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I mean, what are we talking about here?
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I mean, you're, you're talking about smaller strike zones.
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You know it. Lower mound, I think a lot of
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people. Forget that was another point.
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Beginning of his career, he's facing guys that are thrown off
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of a freaking mountain man. I mean, I, like I said, I had, I
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would have no doubt that Willie Mays, if you plugged him into
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the game today, we would be, wouldn't even bat an eye.
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Fun little last nugget to drop. He was the one that he was the
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first one to win the inaugural Commissioners Award, which is
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now recognized as the Roberto Clemente Award for, you know,
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everything that they do off the field with philanthropy.
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So I think that's probably what your book is going to get into
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that like beyond these stats and and beyond the incredible ball
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player was I think the impact that he had off the field and
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his community. And like, I mean, it's still
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going to today, you know what I mean?
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Like they're about to put a nationally televised Major
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League Baseball game at a field that hasn't been touched and who
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knows how long because of him, whether he was alive or or not
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with us anymore. And so it's, it's a ripple
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effect that has open doors for so many different players.
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And I just, I feel for the Giants franchise, you know what
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I mean? This is a, this is a big one.
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And I don't know, I don't, I don't think 24 is going to get
28:10
retired across across baseball, But I, I, I think there's going
28:15
to be something, I think Willie is going to be forever
28:21
memorialized in some way. I don't know how they're going
28:24
to do it, but they're going to do it.
28:27
And you know I. Hope they do anyway.
28:29
Yeah, well, I was going to say, you know, we, we rag on Major
28:32
League Baseball from time to time for just some of their lack
28:37
of awareness or, or, or what have you.
28:39
But I, I have no doubt that the, the right people in the room
28:46
required to make that that kind of decision are going to make
28:49
the right decision. And they're going to, they're
28:50
going to do it right. Because like I said that and
28:53
like we've like we've broken down and we didn't even really
28:56
have to break it down. It's just kind of known around
28:59
baseball that Willie Mays is is one of the greatest ever.
29:02
Do it and and last. I think top three is not an
29:06
unfair conversation at all. Not at all, not at all.
29:10
But last thought for me and you, you kind of touched on it and
29:12
feeling for the Giants. I feel like I, I, I already knew
29:17
this guy was, was again, an incredible talent on the field,
29:20
but also a great guy off the field.
29:22
But it was in the first couple pages of that book that I was
29:25
reading this morning that I think really put it in into
29:28
perspective what kind of guy Willie Mays truly is.
29:31
And he he started, there was a paragraph that I got to again
29:36
right there in the right there towards the beginning.
29:39
And he said something, something to the effect of, you know, when
29:43
we, and then he put a dash and he said, just to be clear, when
29:48
I say we throughout this book, I'm always referring to the
29:52
Giants. And I'm like, this guy is a
29:56
giant at heart. And it, I mean the, I think the,
30:01
the respect that this guy had for his organization and the,
30:04
and the respect that they had for him.
30:07
And again, all of baseball just really speaks to the character
30:12
of Willie Mays. That speaks to the magnitude of
30:17
this loss. And I again, kind of bring it
30:23
full circle here to to put a bow on it.
30:25
I, I really hope and pray that the baseball does this right
30:28
again. It it's terrible timing that we
30:33
lost him this close to this game.
30:37
I would have loved to and he he I think he's he had said that he
30:42
wasn't going to be able to make it this year.
30:43
I think he that was just announced like a day or two ago.
30:46
I think their their plan was to have him in attendance, but just
30:50
to not be able to have him with us for this game is is such a a
30:55
huge loss. Obviously in the the time is
30:56
terrible, but at the same time, it's it's just going to put such
31:02
a spotlight on what they were trying to do with this game as
31:05
well as the career of Willie May.
31:07
So really looking forward to seeing what they do and not just
31:11
with this game, but in throughout baseball that, like
31:14
you mentioned, the ripple effect.
31:15
I'd I really hope they memorialize him properly the way
31:21
that he deserves to be. So any other thoughts before we
31:27
move on? I, I don't, did you catch the
31:29
radio Cubs game? That was the, I think the, the
31:35
first guy to, I don't, I apologize for not remembering
31:38
his name, but I think he was the first one to announce it.
31:42
That was tough. That was a tough listen.
31:44
It was Dave. Dave Fleming, Yeah.
31:46
Fleming, yeah, he was. He was like, still commentating
31:52
certain parts of the game, but you could tell that he was like,
31:54
he was struggling. Yeah, yeah, that's a that was a
31:57
tough clip to to hear. Yeah.
32:01
Just a sad, sad one. Sad one.
32:05
And what an amazing thing he was able to do for for our game.
32:12
One of the best ever. Do it.
32:16
Switching gears here, Aaron Judge avoided a little bit of a
32:25
scare. You can obviously speak more to
32:27
this, but I got to say when I when I saw this news come
32:31
through or when I saw the, the notification, rather, I saw the,
32:34
the video of, of the, the hit by pitch, I was like, dude, we're
32:38
not. And I, I know, I know a Red Sox
32:41
guy coming from a Red Sox guy. I know it sounds crazy, but I'm,
32:46
I was sitting there like rack my brain.
32:48
I'm like, are we really about to lose Mookie and Judge in the
32:53
span of a week? Yeah, that would have hurt man.
32:56
Like what is going on? Part of me still feels like
33:00
there's I don't know. Part of me still feels like
33:03
there's the Yankees lie, dude. They just lie about injuries.
33:07
They've lied for years. They said nothing was wrong with
33:10
his toe. And then all of a sudden two,
33:13
you know, two months later, he's, you know, not who he was
33:16
at. He's first.
33:19
I don't know. He was for sure not available
33:21
tonight. There were multiple pinch hit
33:23
situations where I thought that he could have potentially, you
33:28
know, made an impact on the game and he was just very much
33:31
unavailable, which made me a little more nervous.
33:34
And he he did come out and say that he wanted to play today.
33:38
So curious to see if he plays tomorrow.
33:42
Anyone listening on Thursday is probably just going to call us
33:45
and, you know, call me an idiot for for not knowing, but this is
33:48
Wednesday night, so we'll see. I don't know, man.
33:55
It's it's a weird part of the game.
33:58
It's not something that can really change.
34:01
The quote that Mookie said was that you have to stay in.
34:05
You have to stay in when when 99 rides up on your hands, but also
34:11
92 slider tails away from you and you you still have to be
34:16
able to reach that. Like there isn't enough time.
34:22
We were taught growing up the whole like shoulder turn, wear
34:26
it on the back and, and it's just, it's not really an option
34:29
at this velocity and this amount of break that you see.
34:34
I mean, these guys are facing stuff that it looks like it's
34:36
coming at their face and they have to stay in.
34:40
So it's just, it's a part of it that I don't, I don't think
34:43
there was any intention. I, I think it's pretty obvious
34:45
there. There's been a lot of back and
34:48
forth hit by pitches and I, Glaber got one off the hand a
34:52
few innings later. There's been a lot of back and
34:55
forth with the OS and the Yanks. There's a lot of lot of
34:58
chirping, lot of lot of stuff being built up at the moment in
35:04
this series. But I'm just glad he's OK.
35:09
For all we know now, hopefully he's OK.
35:15
Yeah, you kind of you kind of touched on it, but it was dare I
35:20
dare I use air quotes. It was confirmed that the X-ray
35:25
and CT scan were negative, so. I don't believe any.
35:27
I don't believe it. Because like, no, I don't and I
35:30
don't blame you 'cause when Euriso.
35:32
Was fine and then you know you had a concussion and it's like
35:35
they. Just when you when you first
35:37
started pushing that narrative, I was like, all right, that I
35:40
mean it, they're Major League franchise.
35:42
What are we really talking about here?
35:43
But then like it, it was almost like week after week.
35:48
It's like something new is popping up with the Yankees and
35:51
an injury and it's it's not matching up.
35:55
And then weeks past, months past even, and we find out, Oh, wait
35:59
a minute, that injury that they said wasn't all that big of a
36:02
deal. Oh, it's it's turned into months
36:06
or it's turned into season ending.
36:08
Yeah. So I I'm with you.
36:10
I hear you and I don't I don't I don't put it past the Yankees
36:13
anymore and I I have since adopted that that's narrative as
36:18
well. Like when people like when I'm
36:19
having little one off conversation with people and
36:21
they're like, oh, like what's the deal with such and such?
36:23
Like I'm not really I'm not really keeping up with with
36:26
baseball the Yankees. But like I hear about such and
36:28
such a name going down. I'm like you just wait you just
36:32
wait to find out what actually happened with with fill in the
36:36
blank player. But.
36:37
We're what every and, and any Yankee fan that pretends to not
36:41
be in this camp is a liar. We're all like, just at this
36:46
point at like, there's so much lack of clarity and and
36:50
transparency behind these things.
36:53
Well, like a year or two ago, our and our more so you than me,
36:58
but your big thing was the was the medical staff, like the
37:01
training staff. And you're going, why are these
37:03
like, why is this happening at such an alarming rate?
37:05
Like why are guys pulling hammies?
37:08
Why are guys tweaking, tweaking knees?
37:11
But now it's evolved into, OK, clearly these things are just
37:16
happening regardless, but why now are we not getting the
37:20
clarity that we we deserve as fans or or whoever, like
37:24
whatever. So strange.
37:26
Very shady. Very.
37:27
Shady. So strange they just hold
37:29
everything tight to the chest and whatever close to the chest.
37:33
But I it's gotten to the point where it's frustrating.
37:38
I'm over it. I'm just glad he's all right.
37:41
For all we know he's all right. I guess we'll see.
37:46
Well, a guy that's who really knows whether he's all right.
37:52
Mike Trout got the update. The least surprising update
37:59
ever. After his surgery last month, if
38:06
he if you're not remembering, he had a tormeniscus in his his
38:11
left knee. He now has said that it's not
38:20
going as planned. The rehab's not going as
38:22
planned. The recovery is a little behind
38:25
schedule. And yeah, like you said, the
38:29
most I feel like that I like 2024 has been the season of
38:33
predictable headlines. Major League Baseball clearing
38:36
Ohtani of any and all of any and all charges.
38:39
Mike Trout behind schedule with his with his recovery process.
38:43
I mean, like, like, what's next, the Red Sox or A500 baseball
38:49
team? I mean, like, these are just
38:51
things we know. These are things we know.
38:57
I, I mentioned this right after the injury that the 'cause I
39:00
tore my meniscus and I had the conversation with the surgeon
39:03
like it's either you scoop it out and, and you're in your back
39:09
to normal in a couple months and it's risking long term.
39:14
Can you, can you give a little insight there when you say scoop
39:17
it out, like what are we really talking about?
39:19
Here, I mean, it's, it's a tendon, like it's, it's a
39:21
tendon. So they're just taking it like
39:23
it's, it's, it's a tendon that's, you know, kind of
39:27
separating the joints. Like it sits in the middle and
39:30
like if it's gone, it's gone. Then you're just at that point,
39:33
they'll inject some stuff to like give it a little bit of
39:37
some buffer in between. But once that wears down, you're
39:40
just bone on bone. So if it, if it's torn, like you
39:45
may not know the answer to this, but you would know better than I
39:48
would. If it's torn, do you then have
39:51
to like sever it at the other end and then scoop it out?
39:55
Is that what you're saying? Like is there like a a full on
39:57
like removal process there? They just scrape it out, dude.
40:02
They just scrape it out. And then there's stuff like in
40:04
between and I'm not, I'm not a doctor, so like I can't, but
40:08
this is the conference. I literally had this surgery.
40:10
So they said that like we're going to you can either scoop it
40:13
out and your recovery is like two to three months and you're
40:18
and you're good to go. But like, you know, 10 years
40:21
down the road, you're most, most likely going to have arthritis
40:24
or you repair it, but you it takes longer for that to heal
40:29
because they suture it back together and it just has to
40:33
heal. So like.
40:35
When you say when you say repair, you mean?
40:36
Surgery, right? Like that surgery is like, well,
40:40
either way, there's a surgery involved whether they take it
40:42
out or suture it, but like it, it takes recovery.
40:47
And I, I wore this like immobilizer from my ankle to my
40:50
hip. And it had like the joints on
40:53
the side of the knee that they would slowly unlock so I could
40:56
get more movement to the point. And I remember being like six
41:00
weeks after surgery, I was finally able to be like 90°.
41:04
But at that point, like, I'm still crutching around like, and
41:07
I'm not saying I have like everything at my disposal that
41:11
Mike Trout does with trainers and rehab.
41:13
And it's all day that you're doing this as a professional
41:16
athlete. But it just comes down to
41:20
whether it was repaired or scooped out, man.
41:22
And if that thing was just taken out, then yeah, he probably
41:25
could be back this year. But I genuinely don't see him
41:29
coming back if it was just repaired And like, it's your.
41:34
I don't think people understand like what your need is able to
41:37
do planting, turning, twisting, all those things that like a
41:43
baseball player has to do while hitting, while base running,
41:46
while throwing, like these are all an issue.
41:50
So like I, I can't imagine him coming back this year and I at
41:57
best you're going to see like these pointless a BS in August
42:00
where the angels are 15 games back and it's like it doesn't
42:04
mean anything. And that's probably what it's
42:07
going to get to. Which sucks because like I'm I
42:13
am sick of this and I'd love to see him do his thing but.
42:20
The last time we talked about this, what did I say?
42:22
I, I don't even remember. It was something like just I, I
42:27
don't necessarily know if I had thoughts on the way I would like
42:30
to see this year finish for him like as a fan, as a Mike Trout
42:33
fan and just a, a baseball fan in general.
42:36
But looking ahead to 2025 or or really like if, if something
42:41
injury wise is in store, God forbid for him in 2025, then
42:46
2026 whenever this time comes, I just want to see like a we we
42:55
just need like a 75% games completed season for Mike Trout,
43:02
just like at at at full health, minimal injury and then throw in
43:07
like, you know, a a stint on the IL for 1/4 of the season.
43:13
I don't know. It's 121 games if anyone's
43:16
wondering. That's 75%.
43:17
Well, I know we've, I know we've looked at this before, but
43:21
what's, what's the, you said 121 a. 121.5.
43:28
The last time he played 100 and OK, well, give me give me 2022
43:35
Mike Trout. He played 119 games.
43:38
If we can get back, if we can get that, like 120 would be just
43:42
a nice clean round Number. But if you can give me 100 and
43:46
119 games, 499 played appearances, like great.
43:52
That's that 'cause that's what he had.
43:54
He had a hundred. He played 119 games, 499 played
43:57
appearances, 438 ABS and he put up 40 jacks that year.
44:03
I'm not saying any 40 jacks, but like I'm looking more at the
44:07
games at full health. That's that's that's all I need.
44:11
I don't care what the numbers look like.
44:13
I mean, I would hope that they would be Mike Trout esque, but
44:16
as he gets older, as his body continues to deteriorate, we
44:20
know, we know we're not going to get that.
44:22
That's the biggest thing though, you know what I'm saying?
44:24
Well. Just that's what I'm.
44:25
Saying of like it, it's, it's muscle atrophy.
44:29
It's like your quad, your hamstring, your calf, your hip
44:33
like and now that all affects your lower back it like you're
44:36
oblique. It now starts to be coming in
44:38
the picture like all of those things are a ripple effect of
44:42
that area not being taken care of.
44:45
And that's what I'm saying just get like before, before it's too
44:48
late because you know that his, his body is just kind of, I
44:51
mean, I don't want to say like shrivel up, but it's just going
44:54
to deteriorate to the point where there's just nothing
44:57
really left. And it's going to be sad.
44:59
But he's he's I truly believe he's not there yet.
45:02
So whether it's next year, 2026, probably not 2027, but just like
45:09
one of the next coupled a few years, just one more season.
45:14
Give me those 119 games, Mike. We need one more year because I
45:18
can't I can't keep watching, you know, 36 games in 20/21/82 and
45:24
20/23/29 this year. Like I, I just, I, I can't do it
45:31
anymore. We need one more before you go
45:33
out because people just need one last look at the guy that we
45:40
were dubbing as one of the greatest, if not the greatest
45:43
ever. Do it robbed.
45:44
We're robbed. Robbed of it, man robbed of it.
45:49
But we'll see. We will see.
45:54
I think you know what time it is.
45:57
Oh boy, OK. I think you know what time it
46:01
is. Name that player.
46:08
Hall of Fame. No Hall of Fame.
46:12
Active, not active. Did he play for more than one
46:20
team? He did not one team.
46:23
AO or NL? NL.
46:26
East. No.
46:30
Central. Central.
46:34
OK, And now Central, Cardinals, Cubs, Pirates.
46:41
What do we have left? One of my blanking Reds.
46:49
He's not active first baseman. Yes, at one point.
47:09
I didn't get enough questions off.
47:11
You definitely did not. This is going to be the biggest
47:14
shot in the dark. A Reds retired player not in the
47:22
Hall of Fame at one point was a first baseman but played for one
47:30
team the whole time. What?
47:43
What? I don't even know a Red that was
47:48
only a Red and isn't a Hall of Famer.
48:02
This is on you buddy. I I can't give you any more
48:05
help. You're really putting some time
48:18
into this. I I appreciate the effort.
48:21
I don't know. I don't know.
48:24
I don't know if he, if he played first base at all.
48:27
Pete Rose. I don't know how to answer this
48:34
question. Technically yes, technically no.
48:37
The answer is Pete Rose Junior. Did you know there was a Pete
48:43
Rose Junior? No, but I think I get a half a
48:47
point. That's what I.
48:48
Think I mean, I'll give you a half a point, but I I gave you
48:52
this impossible task of guessing Pete Rose junior only as a as a
48:55
segue to bring to attention or or or bring to light the fact
49:01
that there's a Pete Rose junior. I had no clue, but I saw it.
49:05
I saw it. I don't even remember how I came
49:09
across it. Be honest with you.
49:10
It it was some one of those like random like MLB historical video
49:16
accounts, I think, or whatever. And it was something I don't, I
49:19
don't know what the day was marking, but it was just a
49:22
random clip of Pete Rose in the crowd cheering on Pete Rose
49:26
Junior after he got his first hit in Cincinnati.
49:29
I I legitimately had no idea. And I know there's probably a
49:32
bunch of people going, yeah, of course we know Pete Rose had a
49:35
son named Pete Rose Junior. But.
49:36
I don't I. Didn't know we Floyd.
49:38
Whoever says that, I don't believe them.
49:43
Well, OK, so get this. He wore 14 for the Reds and
49:54
played in 11 games. Had 16 plate appearances and
50:03
accumulated a WAR of -.3. Hit 143 in 1997.
50:11
It's a cute story. That's what that was.
50:15
That's what that was, an OPS plus of 6.
50:25
I mean, hey, look, we're not we're not going for for Hall of
50:30
Fame caliber players every time on this on this segment.
50:33
Like what fun would that be? Like I'm giving you, I'm giving
50:36
you the answers to the questions you asked me.
50:38
But some of them, some of them are gonna be a little more
50:39
challenging. Than I did Dad.
50:41
Did Dad play for other teams? I I couldn't remember.
50:45
That's what I was blanking on. Yeah, he played.
50:50
Why am I blanking? Played with the Expos.
50:53
He played with the Expos and the Phillies.
50:55
That's what I was gonna say. I thought he was a Philly at one
50:56
point. Yeah, so that that goes against
51:00
my answers or or the answers to the questions that you're
51:04
asking. So like, no, he Pete Rose.
51:07
Dad did play for more than one team.
51:10
But when you said Pete Rose, I'm like, yes and no.
51:14
Like you're you're kind of there.
51:16
You're kind of there. Speaking of being kind of there,
51:21
are the Mets kind of there now that Grimace is at the helm?
51:26
Like this is one of the the more random slash interesting slash
51:33
arbitrary stories we've seen come across the desk in some
51:36
time. Tell the people what the hell
51:39
you're talking about if you. Yeah, So if you have literally
51:42
no clue as to what I'm talking about, Grimace the, the beloved,
51:46
well, maybe not so beloved. I, I, I think a lot of people
51:49
would, would, I, I would venture say that a lot of people would,
51:51
would chalk up Grimace as maybe a little more underrated as a,
51:55
as a McDonald's character. No free ads, but I don't think
51:57
McDonald's needs any help. Grimace threw out the first
52:01
pitch at the Mets game, give or take a week ago.
52:05
I think technically eight games ago.
52:06
The streak did end tonight, but prior to what's today,
52:11
Wednesday, prior to Wednesday night's game?
52:13
Well, it's technically Thursday here on the East Coast. 12 O
52:15
4:00 AM. Prior to Wednesday night's game,
52:19
the Mets were seven and O in their Grimace ERA and their
52:24
self-proclaimed Grimace era. And people were wondering, did
52:31
Grimace save the Mets? To which I, I told you that when
52:37
the Rangers beat the the Mets tonight, their, their post game
52:42
like final score graphic was not the night Grimace.
52:44
And I was like, you know, I just, I love when teams buy in,
52:48
you know, even even the opponents.
52:49
I love, I love when teams run a league.
52:51
Just buy into what the people are talking about.
52:54
I absolutely love it. Couple notes here.
52:58
I think that just because I'm here for the pettiness, I would
53:04
love for somebody to bring out the Hamburglar, you know?
53:10
Absolutely. Can we like, let's get the let's
53:14
get the competitive juices flowing.
53:15
If the Yankees did that, I think I would.
53:20
Oh, that'd be awesome. I mean, I gotta go team Grimace.
53:22
Like I I can't stand the Mets, but well, here's Grimace is AG
53:27
dude. I mean, just look at him.
53:29
I mean that if if he if you looked up the phrase just
53:33
happened to be here in the dictionary, you're finding a
53:35
picture of grimace on that page. I mean, the guy is just what?
53:40
Value did Grimace bring to the gang.
53:48
Can you name the other one? Some.
53:49
Great milkshakes. Ronald McDonald's obviously in
53:53
there. Ronald McDonald, Hamburglar
53:55
Grimace. There was that.
53:59
There was like one girl character, wasn't there?
54:03
She had a funny looking face I think.
54:06
Wow. Well.
54:08
No, I'm not making that up. Here are here you are sticking
54:11
up for the purple BLOB. Yeah, she looked like a duck or
54:16
something. Where is it?
54:20
What is that? What is that crew called?
54:27
The Happy Meal gang or McDonald Land Gang?
54:31
I'm seeing all sorts of options here I.
54:34
Don't like either of those? Yeah, I don't like them either.
54:39
The Ronald McDonald Gang. Also, did you see what is his?
54:43
Name. Throughout the first pitch, he
54:45
had the wrong glove on. I did see that, yeah.
54:48
It's like buddy. That's that's a tough look.
54:50
Wrong glove on the wrong hand. And like the I would imagine
54:55
that was, by the way, the, the girl's name, Birdie, the early
54:59
bird officer, Big Mac Hamburglar, Mayor, Oh, Mayor
55:05
Mccheese, how can I forget? Mayor Mccheese, Mayor Mccheese,
55:10
the whole, the whole gang's here.
55:13
But yeah, the whole the grimace glove thing.
55:15
Obviously he had that for that specific occasion.
55:20
Like he's not just picking up Pete Alonzo's glove off the
55:23
bench to go out and throw the first pitch.
55:25
Like that's a large glove. And the fact that they couldn't
55:30
even kind of get that figured out for him, it's like, hey, let
55:35
us know what handedness you are and we'll get the right glove
55:40
for you. They were just like, no, we're
55:41
just going to make this generic glove and you're going to go out
55:43
there and look like an idiot. Although it's tough for Grimace
55:45
to look like an idiot because like I said, he's just chilling.
55:48
He he ain't bothering nobody. It's a met thing.
55:51
It's a met thing to do to the guy.
55:54
Yeah, very. I think this, this really put
55:57
Grimace back on the map #1 #2 I think we all just need to need
56:04
to reflect our respect that we that we have for McDonald's.
56:09
I'm a big McDonald's guy. You want me to?
56:12
You want me to shed some light on this to you.
56:14
Your two points there put Grimace back on the back, back
56:18
on the map and giving some love to McDonald's.
56:21
Can you do me a favor? Right quick, right quick.
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Pull up Twitter, go to McDonald's account right now.
56:27
Tell me what you see. Wow, what are?
56:30
We tell me they're not on board. McDonald's in the Steve Cohen
56:42
met lid. They've bought in.
56:47
McDonald's has. They have bought in.
56:50
The ball with his signature grimace.
56:55
I'm telling you dude, Grimace is is back.
57:00
I'm about it, dude, for a while. That's what I'm saying.
57:07
I saw, I saw people clamoring for him to take over the helm of
57:10
the, the managerial seat and I, I couldn't couldn't agree more.
57:17
I. Mean what do you got to lose?
57:19
What do you have to lose? Put Grimace in the manager seat,
57:24
See how things work out for you. I'd say they've been working out
57:26
pretty well. You're seven and one in your
57:28
last eight and now I'd venture to say that.
57:32
To the caption Mets go Let's. Oh, the bio yeah.
57:37
I'm thinking, I'm thinking Grimace is a known idiot, that's
57:43
why the glove was on the wrong hand.
57:47
Is that a part of this? That's a great point.
57:49
Yeah, I didn't even consider that.
57:51
Yeah. Known idiot doesn't know how to
57:54
put on a glove. You're exactly.
57:55
Yeah, that was way over my that completely missed that.
57:58
That's on me. He's not all there, you know.
58:01
That's on me. That's on me.
58:04
The header pick? That's huge.
58:08
That's, I mean, that's a McDonald's Patrick Starr if I've
58:11
ever seen it. Yeah.
58:13
What is that? What do you, what do you think
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he promoted to kids back in the day?
58:17
Obesity. What is this?
58:19
Oh, he was all about the milk. Oh, he at least he's a milkshake
58:22
guy. He's the he's the milkshake man.
58:31
All about all about the shakes. I'm giving them.
58:33
Promote the kids obesity. That's terrible.
58:37
Yeah. No, I mean, you're right.
58:38
You're right. You're not wrong.
58:40
You're not wrong. All right.
58:44
We've we've given our our due respect to Grimace.
58:47
I'm giving them a follow for sure.
58:49
Let's go, Let's go, Mcdick's. Well, that's not what it's
58:53
called. We've given our due respect to
58:57
Grimace, but are you prepared to give your due respect to the
59:01
Dodgers? New City connects.
59:04
No. No, I didn't think so.
59:06
Pop tarts gives me pop tarts vibes.
59:09
I. Did you see my I know you saw
59:11
my, my DIRECTV tweet, right? Please hold.
59:19
Go to my replies and you'll see it.
59:22
Scroll down. Scroll down a bit.
59:24
Oh well, this is weird. I'm just looking at my face on
59:28
your page while we're recording live.
59:31
Yep, Scroll down to the the infographic that they put out on
59:37
the jerseys. Like with all the details, Look
59:40
at the look at the word mark on the jersey and then look at the
59:43
DIRECTV logo. Tell me it's not identical.
59:47
That's the same logo and I saw somebody said, which I don't
59:55
know this is true, but somebody said DIRECTV headquarters is
59:58
like 30 minutes from Dodger Stadium.
1:00:00
I don't know if that's true, but that's, I mean, that's just
1:00:03
lazy. If that's if that's the case, I
1:00:05
mean, what are we doing? Yeah, what are, what are they
1:00:08
saying here? Typeface inspired by signage at
1:00:14
La Memorial Coliseum, our original home in LA.
1:00:18
While the contrail and upward trajectory speak to our city's
1:00:22
pursuit for the beyond what are we what?
1:00:26
This is just the most vague, ridiculous.
1:00:30
It's buzz buzzword word salad. It's.
1:00:34
So bad it's not. It doesn't even.
1:00:40
It doesn't have any substance. Why is so?
1:00:43
No one's talking about the pop tarts.
1:00:45
What? What's the pop tart darts dots
1:00:47
for? Yeah, I mean, it's it literally
1:00:50
looks like a lightly toasted strawberry pop Tart.
1:00:53
The best thing on here is the hashtag ITFDB for Vin Scully.
1:00:59
It's time for Dodger baseball. Yeah, but.
1:01:03
Even that's lazy, man. Like that's such an easy win for
1:01:06
the Dodgers. I'll just slap, just slap.
1:01:08
It's time for Dodgers baseball in there.
1:01:09
We'll we'll, we'll make him happy.
1:01:11
I'd. Rather see Vin Scully's face on
1:01:13
these things. Than put put Vin Scully's face
1:01:16
right on the PEC, the number below it and call it a day.
1:01:20
Yeah, what's up with the number being on the shoulder?
1:01:22
What is that? That's not even baseball.
1:01:25
It's. Absurd.
1:01:26
And I know, I know. If you're listening, you're
1:01:28
going, oh boy, another city connect for Kyle and Nate to
1:01:32
complain. About, well, like just just.
1:01:33
Do normal things like stop. Look, I know we're we're always
1:01:39
talking about like think outside the box.
1:01:40
No, I don't hate the hat, but look, I, I know we're always
1:01:43
saying like, think outside the box, but like, don't just
1:01:48
trample the box and then move to something else.
1:01:53
You know, like stay within the realm of the box.
1:01:56
Like stay at least stay in the same room as the box or even the
1:02:01
same house as the box. But you know, stay within those
1:02:08
boundaries a little bit. But I get it that they're all
1:02:11
about the, the seeking, the the beyond, whatever that means.
1:02:15
But yeah, the hash, the hats, the hats, not bad.
1:02:18
But yeah, Pop tarts all the way. And then the last name under the
1:02:21
under the number on the back. No, although it was brought to
1:02:27
my attention this weekend and, and, and one of again, one of
1:02:30
those things that I feel like you should know, but you just
1:02:32
maybe don't because you don't really think about it.
1:02:35
But I saw somebody post a graphic for softball and they're
1:02:38
like, I finally figured or no, no, it wasn't softball, it was
1:02:41
WNBA, they said. I finally figured out why the
1:02:44
names, the last names on the back of the jersey are under the
1:02:46
numbers. It's because so many of them
1:02:49
have long hair and that you wouldn't be able to see read the
1:02:51
name on the back of the jersey. I said, OK, well, that makes
1:02:54
sense. But not in baseball.
1:02:57
We're not dealing with ponytails at an alarming amount in Major
1:03:03
League Baseball. So.
1:03:05
The the pants have the pop tart thing going on too.
1:03:09
I mean, are you surprised? Here's the real question.
1:03:16
Here's the real question. Also for the picture of Will
1:03:19
Smith, Freddy and Ohtani, you you couldn't get them the same
1:03:23
belt. Yeah, I don't.
1:03:27
Know there's three different Blues going on there.
1:03:30
Well, that's just a cross baseball guy.
1:03:32
The eyes just wear whatever belts they want.
1:03:33
I don't know if you've noticed that.
1:03:34
That's not a fan of that. That's the thing it.
1:03:37
I'm not a fan of that. Little tangent here, if you if
1:03:40
you like watching baseball on a regular basis, I just shattered
1:03:43
the glass for you. Next time you watch, look at the
1:03:45
belts around the diamond. It needs to be addressed.
1:03:48
You'll be surprised how many belt, how many different belts
1:03:50
you see. Here's the real question though.
1:03:54
To kind of put a ball on this and we got to get out of here.
1:03:58
These jerseys or the original lowest Dodgers?
1:04:02
Jerseys, I guess these 'cause there's like this was like some
1:04:09
effort. Fair, Yeah.
1:04:12
The other one was like, I'm pretty sure you do this on like
1:04:16
on your Mexican heritage day. Yeah, I legitimately think that
1:04:21
was the thing. Yeah, yeah, I I don't get it.
1:04:26
But enough about that. Every time a new city connect
1:04:29
comes around or the topic comes around, I try to decrease the
1:04:32
amount of time we talk about it every time.
1:04:34
So hopefully we get it down to like 60 seconds.
1:04:37
I'm cool. With that, by the end of this
1:04:39
whole chapter of baseball, 'cause I'm over it Weekend
1:04:42
series watch. What do you got?
1:04:45
I don't want to. But you're going to.
1:04:49
I don't want to. I hate my team right now.
1:04:54
Tonight was tough dude. I'm I'm hurting.
1:04:58
We got Braves going to New York, face off the Yankees, three-game
1:05:03
set starting Friday. Again, I chose an Apple TV game.
1:05:10
I don't know. Yeah, what's up with that, man?
1:05:12
It's a weird streak going. I don't want to talk.
1:05:14
About these free trials only last two months, dude.
1:05:16
Like we got to, we got to wrap this up soon.
1:05:19
I know that's not the right game.
1:05:23
I have to click on this one. It's Carlos Rodon going against
1:05:26
Chris Sale. I think that might be the one to
1:05:28
tap into this. Is in New York, by the way.
1:05:31
It's in New York, Stroman against Morton on Saturday and
1:05:36
Sunday we got Waldrip going against Nesta.
1:05:40
I vote that you watch on Friday and sign up for Apple TVI guess
1:05:49
I'm so sorry I'm costing you money at this point and I'm
1:05:52
sorry for recommending this team.
1:05:54
That sucks right now and no one's healthy.
1:05:59
I mean, look, we don't have a great sleight of games.
1:06:01
I'll be honest, this weekend you're it's a rough weekend.
1:06:04
Yeah. You're usually the one to shoot
1:06:06
down just about every weekend of games.
1:06:08
And I try to find like a couple gems here and there, but they're
1:06:10
really it's just not. Not a great.
1:06:13
Not great matchups this weekend. We do have the the LA series but
1:06:17
nobody really cares about that. If we're being honest, I don't
1:06:20
even think the LA fan like either team really cares about
1:06:22
it. Ren Heefo going up against Jason
1:06:25
Hayward. Like what?
1:06:29
It's just an opportunity for them to fight in the parking
1:06:31
lot. That's that's really all this is
1:06:35
for me. I wait.
1:06:37
Did you give all three or just Friday's game?
1:06:39
All three. I moved pretty quick.
1:06:42
I didn't even catch that I got I got so fixated on Friday.
1:06:46
Friday, Friday, Friday is Rodon Chris Sale, Saturday was Charlie
1:07:00
Morgan and Marcus Stroman, Sunday's Nestor and Waldrop.
1:07:05
That's right for me. I'm going to have my eye on this
1:07:09
Royals Rangers series. As of right now, we don't have
1:07:14
updated starters for the Royals on updated starter for the
1:07:18
Royals on Friday. So right now we have undecided
1:07:22
going up against Nathan Niavaldi on again Friday, eight O 5
1:07:27
that's Eastern. Saturday we've got Brady Singer
1:07:34
versus Dane Dunning, 44 O 5:00 PM Eastern on Saturday and then
1:07:40
Sunday, Sunday we've got Alec Marsh versus John Gray, 2:35 PM
1:07:46
Eastern. So not exactly the greatest
1:07:48
pitching matchups, but I feel like as of late, the last few
1:07:51
weeks we've been giving you some pretty good pitching matchups.
1:07:53
So maybe maybe pay more attention to the offensive.
1:07:57
I think we're. Here to just say that you need
1:07:58
to be paying attention to the Royals.
1:08:00
The Royals are just making their tour around the United States,
1:08:04
and they're just awakening a lot of people that they're good at
1:08:07
baseball. Well, they're not awakening me
1:08:10
because I was already on board with the Royals before the
1:08:12
season even started, before the first pitch of the season was
1:08:14
even thrown. I knew they were a good team and
1:08:17
you can go back and listen. So I'm not making that up.
1:08:20
Receipts, are there? You got anything else from
1:08:25
people before we get out of here?
1:08:35
I'm heading to the beach this weekend.
1:08:37
We're heading to the beach with some friends.
1:08:38
So we're going to be there for four days.
1:08:41
So next time we're working this weekend.
1:08:43
So yeah, sorry, sounds boring. Sorry.
1:08:47
But we should be back Sunday, though.
1:08:49
Should be back Sunday. I bought the frozen banana
1:08:52
slices, the Reese's banana slices.
1:08:57
Have you heard of those? Yeah, I have not, but that
1:08:59
sounds like credible. It sounds great.
1:09:01
I it's a miss. I think it's it's a miss.
1:09:05
I know it's the texture is is a little weird.
1:09:08
We're talking like official Reese's, like branded frozen
1:09:13
strawberries covered or bananas bananas.
1:09:16
Bananas, yeah. It's just a weird texture.
1:09:19
It's it's it's hard to explain. So if you see them, I wouldn't
1:09:25
recommend them, to be honest. So now they're just sitting in
1:09:28
my freezer and they're probably going to be there A.
1:09:31
While that's a tough, that's a tough, that's a tough way to end
1:09:34
the week. Yeah, that's my closing
1:09:36
thoughts. So good stuff everyone.
1:09:38
Thanks for showing up. Thanks for hanging out with us
1:09:40
tonight. All you people that are live
1:09:42
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1:09:45
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1:09:53
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1:09:55
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