WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.240 --> 00:00:07.280 This is I on the Ball with Steve Rivera and Jay Gonzalez Son Fox Sports 2 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:14.000 fourteen fifty powered by Nova Insurance Services and Sure Your Most Prized Possessions kt z 3 00:00:14.359 --> 00:00:18.879 R two, SAG and iHeartRadio Station. Hey, good afternoon, everybody. 4 00:00:18.920 --> 00:00:21.960 Welcome to I on the Ball here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve 5 00:00:22.039 --> 00:00:27.160 Rivera. You're Jenkinson's got a gold Boy guy. Whoever you are, Sammy, 6 00:00:28.239 --> 00:00:31.079 I might be drunk. You're the one that's nut the last night's game. 7 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:34.479 Hi. How you feeling, Sammy, I'm feeling on top of the 8 00:00:34.520 --> 00:00:38.560 world. Yeah, it's still kind of I'm sure. You know. As 9 00:00:38.840 --> 00:00:41.799 Dodger fan, you go to the World Series, it's takes a minute for 10 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:44.520 you to Yeah. Really, Now I'm Dodger fan. We go all the 11 00:00:44.520 --> 00:00:50.799 time, right, it's second just another day once every it's been twenty two 12 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:55.200 years years. I was one and a half. Last interesting you and Eversona 13 00:00:55.240 --> 00:00:59.679 went to the last Final four. Yeah? Really, so he does what 14 00:00:59.679 --> 00:01:06.319 I've he's but no, a great game you win to in Philly, Okay 15 00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:11.079 going into Philly, Yeah game, going into Game six, you're like, 16 00:01:11.519 --> 00:01:15.040 we're just happy to be here. Sure, So I was at Game four 17 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:19.000 and Game five. Game four tied, the series was amazing, one of 18 00:01:19.040 --> 00:01:23.200 the best games I've been to. Game five got absolutely crushed. And you 19 00:01:23.239 --> 00:01:26.040 go, you just think, all right, you gotta you gotta just win 20 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:27.640 two in a row. We we just won too in a row at home. 21 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:32.519 Sure, we've won eighty four games all year, We've won two in 22 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:34.599 a row. Many times. You just gotta go to Philly win two games. 23 00:01:34.599 --> 00:01:41.359 But the bank Citizens Bank Park has been the best atmosphere in baseball all 24 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:45.920 postseason, and I think it showed a lot about the character in that team 25 00:01:46.079 --> 00:01:49.120 and the way Tory Lavella manages his team. It did, it really did, 26 00:01:49.200 --> 00:01:53.680 because they just went in there and you know, they just I'm not 27 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:56.680 going to say there was no doubt because you know, I mean, the 28 00:01:56.719 --> 00:02:00.879 games were the games were good, but you just it didn't look like the 29 00:02:00.920 --> 00:02:04.400 Diamondbacks were not the best team on the field. Like it was a It 30 00:02:04.400 --> 00:02:07.840 was a great match for you know, both teams. You know, I 31 00:02:07.879 --> 00:02:10.360 mean, yes, the you know the Phillies have They've got Trey Turner and 32 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:15.840 and Bryce Harper and all that, but you know, it was the field 33 00:02:15.879 --> 00:02:20.080 that I got when I went to Game three of the Division Series up up 34 00:02:20.159 --> 00:02:23.159 there. You know, I knew Arizona, I knew the Diamonbacks. I 35 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:27.960 mean, the Dodgers had the best players, but looking at them on the 36 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:30.919 field, they didn't look like the best team on the field that day. 37 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:37.240 Yeah, and I think it speaks volumes to how mature these diamondback players have 38 00:02:37.400 --> 00:02:40.400 been in just one year. You have guys that a couple of rookies. 39 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:45.400 Brandon Fought, who started Game seven, was in the minors a couple of 40 00:02:45.439 --> 00:02:47.879 months ago. He was a rookie. Corbyn Carroll three hits, two stolen 41 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:52.639 bases in RBI and two runs last night is gonna win Rookie of the Year. 42 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:55.199 And not to say could tell Martees a seasoned veteran, but he's an 43 00:02:55.199 --> 00:03:00.560 older guy for this team, and he's still a younger player in the MLB. 44 00:03:00.719 --> 00:03:04.560 And to go and play in that atmosphere, obviously, it's every kid's 45 00:03:04.639 --> 00:03:08.240 dream until it becomes a reality. And now it happened for them, and 46 00:03:08.360 --> 00:03:13.199 it's a yeah, if you were to we made the playoffs by one game, 47 00:03:13.599 --> 00:03:17.719 one game, yeah, and now we're sitting waiting for Game one of 48 00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:22.879 the World Series. It's it's a as a diamondback fan. I know, 49 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:27.439 impartial here, but it's it's unbelievable. Yeah, that's pretty cool. Hello, 50 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:30.879 yawn, give him all the credit. Funny because you're talking about, 51 00:03:30.919 --> 00:03:35.159 you know, a couple of stats there, but our buddy Jack mcgrude posted 52 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:39.240 a stat the Diamondbacks are the eighth team in Major League history to make the 53 00:03:39.240 --> 00:03:44.639 playoffs despite a nine game losing streak in the regular season. I remember that 54 00:03:44.680 --> 00:03:46.879 losing streak. It was a losing streak at the time. The Dodgers went 55 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:50.280 on a huge winning streak and flipped the standings, you know, right after 56 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:53.719 the All Star Break, and they they people on fire, Tory Lavallo. 57 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:58.639 At that time, people were definitely thinking about it. But I think the 58 00:03:58.680 --> 00:04:02.800 ownership and management in which we have, they've they've seen Tory coach really good 59 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:08.520 teams in the last the last three years, this team has not been equipped 60 00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:12.000 with the talent to win baseball games. That's not Tory Levella's fault. Sure, 61 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:15.120 the skid after the All Star Break, it's it's baseball. There's gonna 62 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:20.279 be swings, obviously, you see it now where sometimes the teams with the 63 00:04:20.279 --> 00:04:24.879 best players don't always win the game well, especially in baseball, especially in 64 00:04:24.920 --> 00:04:27.360 baseball, you know, I mean, baseball is you know, because in 65 00:04:27.399 --> 00:04:30.759 basketball, you know, there's there's always a belief, you know, and 66 00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:33.519 I'm talking NBA. You know, in the NBA, there's always a belief 67 00:04:33.560 --> 00:04:38.120 that the best team wins a series. Sure, right, you know, 68 00:04:38.279 --> 00:04:40.680 and that's what that does. You know, in football, you know, 69 00:04:40.759 --> 00:04:43.480 yeah, you know, a team can upset somebody, but you know, 70 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:48.360 again, relatively predictable. Yeah, But baseball is a game where you know, 71 00:04:48.600 --> 00:04:53.079 an entire team can get hot, right and and or it can go 72 00:04:53.160 --> 00:04:56.560 completely cold, like the nine game loses us. You know, you're not 73 00:04:56.639 --> 00:04:59.959 that bad, but yet you're that bad for that period of times. Exactly 74 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:02.319 that And the same thing, you know, do I do I think the 75 00:05:02.360 --> 00:05:05.240 Diamondbacks are the best team in the Nation League. No, and I don't 76 00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:09.920 think anybody does. But yet you get hot at the right time and you 77 00:05:09.959 --> 00:05:12.639 go, you know, you know, talk about the you know, the 78 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:15.399 ninety seven Arizona basketball team got hot at the right time. They weren't the 79 00:05:15.439 --> 00:05:17.639 best, they weren't the best team in the Pac twelve, and they weren't 80 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:20.639 even one of Loot's best teams, right, yeah, these only team that 81 00:05:20.680 --> 00:05:25.920 won national championship and that's what we're all sports fans. But that's what makes 82 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:30.759 sports awesome. It's like you have series is where the Diamondbacks weren't the best 83 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:33.439 team against the Brewers, they weren't the best team against the Dodgers, weren't 84 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:38.959 the best team against the Phillies, and it's they still prevailed over a seven 85 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:42.839 game series or five game series. And in like March Madness, for example, 86 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:45.720 you can get hot for three games, like a Saint Peter's did that 87 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:48.519 one year. They're they're obviously not better than what Kentucky was on the basketball 88 00:05:48.560 --> 00:05:51.480 floor, but it's it's only one game. Yeah, you do that one 89 00:05:51.519 --> 00:05:56.120 exactly. For baseball, you have to show up every single game or your 90 00:05:56.560 --> 00:05:59.680 your season is going to be over. And so I mean, it's it's 91 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:02.639 credit. It's a Tory Lavella, who has been in the gutter. People 92 00:06:02.680 --> 00:06:05.879 did one his they wanted his head, they wanted him fired, and now 93 00:06:05.920 --> 00:06:10.319 you look at him spraying champagne with his team, and that's it's a fun 94 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:14.000 moment. And I'm sure those guys, I mean, they've never played in 95 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:16.160 the World Series. I think the only guy that has is Eva Longoria. 96 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:23.120 Yeah, and again it's another good baseball team over in Texas, and we'll 97 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:25.560 see what happens. We'll see, well, well you will talk about that 98 00:06:25.600 --> 00:06:29.360 a little bit more. We got Bob Kemp from Phoenix. Uh. Uh 99 00:06:29.839 --> 00:06:33.480 what's the show called the The sport Zone ten sixty in Phoenix. Uh, 100 00:06:33.560 --> 00:06:35.759 he's a he's a host of that, so he'll join us. We'll talk 101 00:06:35.839 --> 00:06:40.920 some some d back stuff when he gets on in the here, after the 102 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:45.040 after the after the break, and then uh, in the second hour, 103 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:48.839 we've got Adrian Denny, uh, the TV play by play and uh, 104 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:54.199 communications guy for the Tucson Roadrunners. They're off to a three and one start. 105 00:06:54.199 --> 00:06:57.360 They won last night, so uh, you know they're they're a little 106 00:06:57.360 --> 00:06:59.439 bit into the season. So we thought we'll get get up in touch with 107 00:06:59.519 --> 00:07:03.120 him. So, okay, got your computer problem solve for now. Another 108 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:09.560 one's getting fixed. So all right, I'm happy, happy today, tired 109 00:07:09.600 --> 00:07:15.439 but happy you sound tired. Come and get them sleep. Okay, gotta 110 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:18.959 well, you slept through this last segment so far. You take attle that 111 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:23.439 burned down Phoenix, so that you wouldn't That's what I'm thinking. So it's 112 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:27.959 Philadelphia that you gotta worry about getting burned down. This new found Diamondback fans 113 00:07:27.959 --> 00:07:30.040 are crazy. So I'd been saying it for a while, but when the 114 00:07:30.079 --> 00:07:34.240 Suns made their finals run in twenty twenty one, Devin Booker was our best 115 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:38.560 player, Chris Paul was the VET and then eight and in a bunch of 116 00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:42.560 good role players. There's this there's a similar feel to this Diamondbacks team where 117 00:07:43.199 --> 00:07:46.920 there's no granted, I'll get some slack, but there's no true superstar on 118 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:50.720 this team. Right, there's no Carroll maybe, but he's not yet. 119 00:07:50.800 --> 00:07:55.360 He's twenty three years old. Yeah. Man, it's unbelievable. And so 120 00:07:56.160 --> 00:08:00.600 similarly to that Sun's team, it's the expectations where things have to go their 121 00:08:00.639 --> 00:08:03.519 way, like you got to play good basketball and they got hot, and 122 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:07.959 similarly the Diamondbacks things have been going their way because they've been playing good and 123 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:11.360 it's just it's that same vibe and you can feel it down in Phoenix. 124 00:08:11.959 --> 00:08:16.000 But you know, but now with this being the Rangers, who look, 125 00:08:16.240 --> 00:08:18.560 the Diamondbacks were six seed, the Rangers were five seed. You know, 126 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:22.959 they barely got into right, So this is I think a very evenly matched 127 00:08:24.399 --> 00:08:28.079 series. Or if it was the Rangers and the Braves or the Rangers and 128 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:31.399 the Dodgers, you'd say that, you know, the Rangers are up against 129 00:08:31.399 --> 00:08:35.200 her. Or if it was the Diamondbacks against you know, the Astros or 130 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:39.320 or even the Orioles, you'd say, Nah, you know, something's gotta 131 00:08:39.399 --> 00:08:41.399 you know, there's gotta be something weird. It's got to happen, right. 132 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:45.440 This is a very evenly matched serious Neither of these teams won their divisions. 133 00:08:45.480 --> 00:08:48.600 They both were wild cards, a five seed and six seed. This 134 00:08:48.759 --> 00:08:50.480 is even as they can get. And I think that's what's gonna make this 135 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:56.759 series watchable for the fans that don't have a stake in either. You know 136 00:08:56.799 --> 00:08:58.000 what people are saying, Oh, you know what a boring series. You 137 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:01.000 know, the Rangers of the it's the World Series. I agree, it's 138 00:09:01.000 --> 00:09:05.960 the world freaking Series. Whoever's in it, it's the World Series. And 139 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:09.600 it doesn't matter just because it's not La or Atlanta or you know, the 140 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:13.840 Phillies or the Yankees or whoever. It's the World Series. Yeah, and 141 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:16.840 if you're a sports fan, you should be refreshed with this. The Diamondbacks 142 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:20.840 haven't been there in twenty two years. The Rangers, it's been a while 143 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:24.360 for them. They've been through their peaks and valleys, just like the Dbacks 144 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:28.720 haven't. The last thing I wanted to do was watch another Astros Phillies or 145 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:31.279 an Astros Dodgers nose like the last That's the last thing I want to do. 146 00:09:31.320 --> 00:09:35.159 I've seen that for the last four or five years. I hear you. 147 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:37.799 And it's not to say just because the Diamondbacks are there, but the 148 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:41.600 Rangers are a great story. Yeah as well. They have a they paid 149 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:45.679 their guys, and they they're in the spot where they expected to be at 150 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:46.960 the beginning of the year, maybe the Diamondbacks. So you know what the 151 00:09:46.960 --> 00:09:54.919 odds were to win the World Series one five to one? Did you do 152 00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:58.519 you see? Somebody posted on one of the what are the other sports books? 153 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:07.799 Posted today that they had a better we bet two leg parlay Diamondbacks and 154 00:10:07.919 --> 00:10:13.600 Rangers when before the season put fifty bucks on. Oh, that's gonna be 155 00:10:13.679 --> 00:10:18.720 a ptronomical seventy five thousand dollars fifty bucks. Yep, that's huge. Now, 156 00:10:18.799 --> 00:10:22.159 come on, certainly that guy's bet fifty bucks another really stupid stuff like 157 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:26.639 that, But I'm guessing he's not lost seventy five thousand dollars. No plays 158 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:28.720 off for all those stupid bets. Yeah, he's more than caught up when 159 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:33.279 we hitting one of those, when you make one, I don't make those 160 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:37.240 bets. No, we're two guys, Yeah we are. We missed. 161 00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:41.919 I've never heard that two foot Yeah we did. We made we bet those 162 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:46.080 two foot We bet those. We bet. We bet like multi leg parlays 163 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:50.519 on you know, minus four hundred. We're the only thing that could go 164 00:10:50.559 --> 00:10:54.120 wrong is the bus doesn't get there. Well the bus and yeah, breakdown 165 00:10:54.360 --> 00:10:58.240 right right? Yeah? I had one over the weekend. Man, you 166 00:10:58.320 --> 00:11:01.240 had two couple days ago? Well who blew? Who blew one for him? 167 00:11:01.240 --> 00:11:03.320 Well? Yeah, two days ago? I well, I had the 168 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:09.279 I had the Astros in the Phillies, the Phillies in Game six, Astros 169 00:11:09.320 --> 00:11:11.879 Game seven, same day, and and I lost that, but two of 170 00:11:11.960 --> 00:11:15.799 three? Who lost? God? Who lost for me? The other day? 171 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:18.679 An NFL game? Uh? The Rams? I had the Rams, 172 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:24.000 but I had him, But I had him, I had him in a 173 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:28.000 in a in a three teamer in the three team money. It was that 174 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:31.879 they kept they cut their almost the work because we're the kicker, which he 175 00:11:31.960 --> 00:11:37.679 deserves team and I was like, he's not on the team anymore. Again, 176 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:45.559 Ray picked up, Lucas Havestick. Yeah, yesterday, that's good. 177 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:48.519 Yeah, I know, like log on, I'm like, man, I 178 00:11:48.519 --> 00:11:52.399 need to go to the waiver wire. Yeah. So man, this thing, 179 00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:56.559 this thing with Michigan keeps heating up. Steve, They're in big trouble. 180 00:11:56.960 --> 00:12:01.159 I see that. And the funny thing about it, I was listening 181 00:12:01.200 --> 00:12:05.480 to sports talk shows today, which of course makes me crazy, but they 182 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:09.200 were talking about the act of doing. What they did is probably wrong, 183 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:13.240 but people do this all the time. Still signs all the time. They 184 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:15.720 do all the time. Just the way they went about it, the way, 185 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:16.919 yeah, the way they did it broke the rules, yeah, the 186 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:20.039 optics as well. The conversation now only got a couple minutes. But the 187 00:12:20.039 --> 00:12:24.679 conversation now is when or who is going to do something about it. Because 188 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:30.679 the NC double A cannot the NCUABLEA even if they were to issue a notice 189 00:12:30.679 --> 00:12:35.559 of infraction today Washington, Michigan's got ninety days to respond to it. That 190 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:39.679 after the season five years one, right, but but just to get the 191 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:43.000 process going, even if the NC double A has already decided they want to 192 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:46.919 punish them, Michigan's got ninety days to file an appeal or to respond. 193 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:50.440 The season's over by that, so nothing, the NC Double A can't do 194 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:54.279 anything. So the question is what's the Big ten going to do because they've 195 00:12:54.320 --> 00:13:01.960 got thirteen other teams or who are pissed off that Michigan is doing this and 196 00:13:01.000 --> 00:13:03.879 they're looking at the at the Big Ten saying, wait, do you represent 197 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:09.000 Michigan or do you represent all of us? And should you do something? 198 00:13:09.440 --> 00:13:13.519 And that's the The Big Ten is in a spot right now with a new 199 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:18.200 commissioner. So, uh, interesting thing. You know, nothing har Ball 200 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:22.799 will be coaching that some NFL team by the time this gets fixed. Uh, 201 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:26.120 it's gonna be a long time. Okay, Sean was already coming gone. 202 00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:28.240 He's already coming gone by the time he had the A issue was going 203 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:35.360 through their issue. Now when who's who's right? This is just how it 204 00:13:35.440 --> 00:13:37.600 is is yet No, I agree with no. But see that's on the 205 00:13:37.679 --> 00:13:41.000 n C Double A side. I'm saying the Big ten is also is also 206 00:13:41.159 --> 00:13:46.720 good. The Big Ten also has the responsibility to make sure teams follow the 207 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:50.600 rules. They can do something, and they're saying if they can do something, 208 00:13:50.759 --> 00:13:54.919 are they are they going to do something? Or you're saying, well, 209 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:56.919 you know, god, why would we punish a conference team that can 210 00:13:56.960 --> 00:14:01.759 be in the national Championship. Well, it's it's tough because it's still looking 211 00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:05.759 as though like that what was his name, the guy, the guy that 212 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:09.720 was using the Navy and right worked his way up to it looks as though 213 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:13.759 he was at all those games or bought in all the Oh he's yeah, 214 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:16.360 he got people to go to those games. Right. And so now it's 215 00:14:16.440 --> 00:14:20.519 like, does the Big the Big twelve, or the Big ten, Big 216 00:14:20.559 --> 00:14:24.159 ten, or the NCAA want to, like you mentioned, crackdown on this 217 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:30.320 now and establish like Michigan is probably going to be in the right playoff? 218 00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:33.240 Do they want to do this now? And if they don't have enough quote 219 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:37.960 unquote evidence to do so, they they may may wait. Yeah, I 220 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:39.279 don't know, man, but they're in a tough spot. They're in a 221 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:43.519 really tough spot. All Right, we're gonna take our break. Bob camp 222 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:48.080 from Phoenix sports radio station ten sixty the Sports Zone will join us. We'll 223 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:52.759 get his take on the Diamondbacks and other things up in Phoenix. The Sun's 224 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:54.440 got their season started with a win over the Warriors, So we'll we'll talk 225 00:14:54.480 --> 00:15:03.360 to Bob Kemp. We'll be right back. 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He's 319 00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:56.480 Jay. Got our guy signing with us from trying to get a hold of 320 00:21:56.519 --> 00:22:00.759 mister timp here, so little Illo. Our technology is messing with us today, 321 00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:08.240 Steve. It's called Wednesday or Tuesday or whatever day it is. I 322 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:11.079 don't know what to say. It's it's awful. Yeah, So because of 323 00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:15.839 that, we're trying trying to fix our technology. Didn't get didn't get to 324 00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:18.000 call Bob, but he'll hopefully he'll call its here in just a second and 325 00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:22.799 everything will be working just fine. So but you know, again, I 326 00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:23.839 mean getting back to the d Backs that you know, hey, it's the 327 00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:27.240 World Series and let's watch it. Let's have fun with it. You know. 328 00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:32.319 I've got my sister who's like, you know, she's a huge Diamondbacks 329 00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:36.079 fan, and she's actually upset at herself because she's only got one Diamondback shirt 330 00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:41.480 that she can wear. Right now. I've got plenty. So like growing 331 00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:45.200 up, we got the purple. That's the best color Backs have worn. 332 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:48.200 But I got plenty of those. Yeah, So some people are saying that 333 00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:52.559 they should they should wear the the purple with the vest man bring those back 334 00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:56.400 for the series. I don't know. I think, what's not broke, 335 00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:59.599 don't fix it. Well there's that too, definitely, don't get me wrong. 336 00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:03.359 I love those jerseys. But yeah, hey what what Scott? You're 337 00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:07.640 there? Yeah exactly. So anyway, so we're waiting for Bob to give 338 00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:11.279 us a buzz here. Hopefully calls them just a second, but I don't 339 00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:15.119 know, you know, hopefully they get some game, you know, at 340 00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:18.079 least three games in Phoenix to see what happens. I hope I'm going to 341 00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:22.200 game three. Got tickets for you. It's me and my dad and I 342 00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:26.400 were sitting in whatever whatever seat will hold us. Yeah, are you guys 343 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:30.680 season ticket holders? No, we used to be for the tickets. We 344 00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:34.839 bought them early. Kind of one of those things where if they don't make 345 00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:41.440 it then okay, like one of those where we're going all right, man, 346 00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:45.640 very cool, good for you for you. Right, he doesn't call 347 00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:51.680 home texting. It's right, okay, he knows, he knows. Okay, 348 00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.960 so cool. So baseball were done with baseball, guys, Yeah, 349 00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:56.839 we can talk everything else. So I didn't hear. I didn't go to 350 00:23:56.880 --> 00:24:00.200 the press coach today. You to neither, probably, so I always we 351 00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:03.440 get closer. It's down to three points at least. Let's I checked. 352 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:06.559 I saw ESPN do a little thing. It's down to three points for this 353 00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:10.519 weekend. So I think more people are believing in Arizona than than before. 354 00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:15.519 Yeah, yep, yep, all right, looks like the control on the 355 00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:22.400 bottom to control, welcome to we're back. We're back, our computers back. 356 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:26.839 No gotta get bought back. Yeah, but now it's so dropped another 357 00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:27.960 half point because of three and a half. Yes, yeah, it was 358 00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:30.880 four and then three and a half. Three and a half. So it's 359 00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:34.240 trending towards Arizona. If I'm not gonna touch the game, but if I 360 00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:38.279 would bet Arizona, I would bet Arizona take the points or go money line 361 00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:42.880 on it. Yeah, because you know they're good. I think the money 362 00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:47.200 line is play. Yeah, you get about one hundred and forty one hundred 363 00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:51.079 and forty probably plus one forty tween plus one forty and plus one sixty five. 364 00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:53.440 So yeah, well, what about the Diamondbacks. They're one seventy five 365 00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:57.119 minus one seventy five. No, no, they're plus something. Well I'm 366 00:24:57.119 --> 00:25:02.759 sorry, put plus one plus plus one. I I uh, I don't 367 00:25:02.759 --> 00:25:03.640 know if I take that. That's not a bad play. I mean, 368 00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:07.400 again, you know, there's good as there's good as the Rangers. Yeah, 369 00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:10.960 you know again, as we said Mennico, you know, neither team 370 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:12.559 is you know, they didn't win their divisions and they weren't one of the 371 00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:15.680 top teams in the leagues or anything like that. They just got into the 372 00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:19.319 playoffs and got hot. The Rangers really damn good too, So it's very 373 00:25:19.359 --> 00:25:25.359 it's very similar teams. So the Diamondbacks being plus money is not bad. 374 00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:27.519 So I went to I'm not. I'm not a Diamondback fan. I'm not 375 00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:30.319 whatever. So this summer I went to see him play, but I didn't 376 00:25:30.359 --> 00:25:33.559 see them play. I went to see the Baltimore Orioles because I had Baltimore 377 00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:40.119 and Little Bold. It's Arizona to be in the in the in the Oh, 378 00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:42.400 that's right, you had the Orioles, didn't you. Yeah, but 379 00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:47.240 I okay with the Orioles all seon Yeah, no, they're they're young too. 380 00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.440 Yeah, those T teams. Now, did you have to win the 381 00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:52.960 World Series or no? Just the game, just the bet you had made 382 00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:56.839 with the Dodgers the league. Yeah, yeah, Okay, I hope he's 383 00:25:56.880 --> 00:26:00.079 calling us. He knew that we're gonna call. Don't give him try, 384 00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:07.799 Yeah, you might want to try try, okay. So, and then 385 00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:11.279 we have we have Roadrunners. We haven't had Adrian. And while yeah, 386 00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:18.400 they're there, their season started, so that the season started. Yeah, 387 00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:22.680 the road Runner season started there three and one. They played last night here 388 00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:26.000 in town and they got they won two to one, and so they've got 389 00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:30.839 two games this weekend here at the Arena. So that's why I thought would 390 00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:33.400 be a good time to talk to Adrian and see what you okay, but 391 00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:37.440 uh, you know what's going on with those guys? Okay, so oh 392 00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:42.160 no, no, no, we'll just win here. Yeah, that's that's 393 00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:45.799 been the case for a while now. Yeah. So but yeah, they're 394 00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:48.000 you know, they're they're off to a pretty decent start. You know, 395 00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:52.000 we had the you know, we had the Coyotes president on a while back. 396 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:55.279 So maybe talk a little hockey here? Are you hockey dude? I 397 00:26:55.319 --> 00:27:00.640 mean you're you're a soccer guy. No, I'm a golf golf, big 398 00:27:00.680 --> 00:27:04.079 basketball, football. I mean, because it's said, who who's the hockey 399 00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:08.799 guy? Sid's Sid's not hockey's Kevin's a hockey. Yeah, yeah, Kevin's 400 00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:12.640 a hockey. I mean, I think it's exciting. Who take these kids 401 00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:17.880 to school today and you know, and take these kids, bring your sons 402 00:27:17.920 --> 00:27:23.920 to school today. Somebody in this somebody who's been in this room recently is 403 00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:27.720 a hockey Okay, somebody one of them is a hockey guy. No, 404 00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:30.240 I don't mind it. I think it's really fun to watch. It's just 405 00:27:30.839 --> 00:27:36.079 with the NBA and the World Series, like it's probably third or fourth on 406 00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:38.400 my watching well. I would say after they one last night, I was 407 00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:41.720 with some people I have seen Phoenix in the next few months is pretty not 408 00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:45.119 literally hot, it's gonna be super hot. So yeah, the World Series 409 00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:48.359 here, it's gonna be October November, right, and then a few months 410 00:27:48.400 --> 00:27:52.200 they have the Final Four. Yeah. Yeah, it's gonna be a nice 411 00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:56.079 little thank here for the Phoenix area. Yeah, and the Super Bowl last 412 00:27:56.160 --> 00:28:00.680 year. Super Bowl last year in a nice run. Actually that it just 413 00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:03.880 got word today today you I am going to be needed for the Packed Off 414 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:07.279 tournament. I will be working this year. I'll be working the Packed Off 415 00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:11.519 tournament. I just didn't know. Well now, I didn't know if they 416 00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:12.960 were gonna, you know, cut the staff or anything like that, you 417 00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:15.759 know, because of all the all the stuff going on. So I did 418 00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:19.599 get confirmation I'll be working PAC twelve. It's not about this year, it's 419 00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:22.200 about next year. Well, this is you know, this is the last 420 00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:25.880 Hurrah, right, You've been the last round the blaze of glory. You 421 00:28:25.960 --> 00:28:27.720 know, I don't need any more blazes of glory. I really don't. 422 00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:32.039 You have no I might not even have any left. You know. You 423 00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:34.640 can light a match to me and nothing is going to happen. Picture, 424 00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:40.319 all the flame is gone. Man, It's all gone. It's all gone 425 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:44.240 but no. So yeah, I'll be able to work the packed off tournament 426 00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:47.279 in March and and then we'll be doing the Final four up in Phoenix, 427 00:28:47.279 --> 00:28:48.920 which should be a lot of fun. Yeah, I'm really looking forward to 428 00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:52.000 that. My last assignment to the last Final four wasn't great, so I'm 429 00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:56.079 hoping to get a better assignment, would you? Last time? Well, 430 00:28:56.160 --> 00:28:57.640 I was what was called a floor photo marshal, which meant I was in 431 00:28:57.759 --> 00:29:02.440 charge of making sure like the photographers were in their boxes and stuff like that. 432 00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:07.640 The problem with it was is that my seat during the games was on 433 00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:11.200 the actual floor, so I could not see the game on the race floor 434 00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:12.880 because I was behind the photographer. Do you and you face which way? 435 00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:17.960 Like I can face the floor, but I'm in a corner. Sure, 436 00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:22.039 I'm in a corner, in a corner where the benches are right in that. 437 00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:26.000 Sure, but because but I'm sitting behind the photographers and so I can't 438 00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:30.119 see past them to see the games. Saw, So I said we had 439 00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:33.160 we have the executive director of the new one. I guess right, yes, 440 00:29:33.680 --> 00:29:37.200 So I My complaint was, it's it's one area when the party somewhere 441 00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:40.640 else, Yeah, right, not like not like San Antonio, it's all 442 00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:44.440 in one spot. So I had the seats, the media seats on the 443 00:29:44.559 --> 00:29:48.839 end zone away and there were seventy two thousand people. That to me, 444 00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:51.480 it wasn't that a great venue. There's too many people. One yeah, 445 00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:53.200 and and then we're too far away. You're too far away. You can't 446 00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:56.559 see it from where you are. And I'll tell you what against sitting where 447 00:29:56.599 --> 00:30:00.759 I sat, and I could tell that the front row seats, the first 448 00:30:00.839 --> 00:30:04.400 three or four rows, you know, probably the most expensive sleep behind the 449 00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:11.839 benches. They can't see because the players stand up and you can't see because 450 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:15.759 your your eyes are at floor level. Once they get up, you can't 451 00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:18.599 see. That's why you want to be about ten fifteen rows up right to 452 00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:22.920 see if they have right right. And then I took I took the elevator 453 00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:27.279 to go up to the upper deck, you know, the highest seats. 454 00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:30.920 Yeah, to see what the court looks like. It's a stamp, Yeah, 455 00:30:32.160 --> 00:30:34.839 holy cow, you can't How can you possibly see the ball? Yeah, 456 00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:40.400 it's a stamp, or see if somebody lets it go that it might 457 00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:42.440 go in or right. Well, that's why you have the big yeah, 458 00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:45.240 and you watch it on the screen that's how I watch the games. I 459 00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:48.640 might as well be at home. I watched them on the screen. Again. 460 00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:49.640 I had fun working it, but I just hope I get a better 461 00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:55.359 a better assignment this time. Should we take an early break and maybe yeah? 462 00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:57.839 Yeah, what time is it now? There's just wait a couple of 463 00:30:57.839 --> 00:31:02.400 minutes and we can just take us because it's he's not responding to my text 464 00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:06.359 either, so so we'll see maybe get him on the other side. Yeah, 465 00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.759 well, let's say let's do that. Let's take a break right now 466 00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:11.880 and then spend more time on Yeah, and just in case, we'll see 467 00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:14.839 if you can, so stick around. We're gonna try and get Bob Camp 468 00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:27.799 backed, so we'll be right back. 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Chat Fox Sports fourteen fifteen say welcome back 524 00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:34.159 to all the ball here Fox Sports Fortune fifty. Oh Steve, you jay 525 00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:37.119 that sammon with us. We're still trying to find Bob the case of the 526 00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:44.760 Missing Bob. Can't find it. Nope, all right, okay, well 527 00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:51.519 well we'll just have to I hope he's okay, man, Yeah, you 528 00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:53.559 know, I hope he's okay. All right, Well, we uh we 529 00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:57.280 can try. We can try to go on. So let's hop about fot 530 00:35:57.280 --> 00:36:01.599 a little. You know the conation I keep hearing one, how can they 531 00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:07.440 start any anybody but norf fol fida two. I got people wishing I would 532 00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:12.960 quit saying that dj Uyungalley isn't any good because I've been wrong and everything else. 533 00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:17.079 So but you know, I think I think the game this week it 534 00:36:17.199 --> 00:36:24.280 shapes up to how if Arizona could stop the run against Oregon State because they're 535 00:36:24.280 --> 00:36:29.639 they're a good running team and making DJ beat them, then I think that 536 00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:32.840 gives them the best shot because I think he's you know, he's been good. 537 00:36:32.880 --> 00:36:35.920 He's been good at times, but he hasn't been great, and he's 538 00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:39.119 certainly not been the guy clems and thought he was going to be. Yeah, 539 00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:44.480 we'll see what happens. Because he was listed as one of the top 540 00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:46.679 quarterbacks in the conference, right right right he was. He was in the 541 00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:52.920 conversation with with with all those guys with panics and with with Kleb Williams with 542 00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:57.199 camera. He was listed in that conversation among the elite quarterbacks coming out of 543 00:36:57.239 --> 00:37:00.280 the PAC twelve. Now, look there, what are they six one? 544 00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:02.119 Yeah they've only lost one game. Yeah they're six and one, so they're 545 00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:07.280 pretty good. But he hasn't been great, you know, certainly every still 546 00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:10.519 and they're still six and one. That means they're good in a lot of 547 00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:15.199 other places. They've got a good defense, they're running, That's what I'm 548 00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:17.400 saying. You know on Arizona's had a good showing a good run defense all 549 00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:23.559 season long. So if if if they can you know, disrupt their running 550 00:37:23.639 --> 00:37:29.559 game and make make Ungalley beat them, then you know, plus their backfield 551 00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:31.280 has been good, the defensive back backfield has been good. So you know, 552 00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:35.480 look, I'm not you know, I'm not. This isn't rocket science. 553 00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:37.880 I mean everybody, you know, most coaches will say, well, 554 00:37:37.920 --> 00:37:40.199 you stopped the run first, and we'll see if that's what they do well 555 00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:44.519 because Oregon State's really gonna try and bully you of a. That's what they've 556 00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:47.280 done the whole year, the ground everybody, and so it'll be interesting. 557 00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:51.960 The last three games you as looked good. In the last three games they've 558 00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:55.440 played, they've played more of like, quote unquote the air raid offense right 559 00:37:55.719 --> 00:37:59.320 Washington. They love to throw it, just sling it. But it's weird 560 00:37:59.320 --> 00:38:01.519 because kind of didn't throw for a touchdown. They ran, They ran for 561 00:38:01.639 --> 00:38:07.599 touchdowns and then Caleb Williams was able to run. Yeah, we can just 562 00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:12.320 hear Steve type. We can hear Steve. This is why I'm tired. 563 00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:15.559 I have a lot of craft. Okay, okay, so this I think 564 00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:20.679 this would be a real test for you vain to see in the trenches, 565 00:38:21.239 --> 00:38:25.079 especially defensive. Can they stop or at least try and stop the run to 566 00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:30.079 make DJ throw the ball. I feel like this is the biggest we don't 567 00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:34.920 know what's gonna happen in games of the season for Arizona. Right last week 568 00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:37.760 to last week was and then they passed that test with flying close. I 569 00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:42.159 guess you're right right away, but I know this is how you feel. 570 00:38:42.360 --> 00:38:44.679 They could have a twenty point leading. Your shoe is still not comfortable, 571 00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:47.639 but last week you must have been comfortable at some point early and not until 572 00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:52.519 the second half. No, not really, you know, because here's why. 573 00:38:52.599 --> 00:38:53.960 Because of that first drive that Washington State put up. I thought, 574 00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:57.880 at any moment, they can do that again and do that, and they 575 00:38:57.920 --> 00:39:00.159 scored really quickly, and I think, come on the field and scored fast 576 00:39:00.320 --> 00:39:04.039 a couple of times. It wasn't until the second half when they when they 577 00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:07.960 added a score that I thought, Okay, Washington State's not moving the ball. 578 00:39:07.320 --> 00:39:10.239 They're not, you know, they haven't moved the ball since and the 579 00:39:10.280 --> 00:39:14.320 announcers help with that rything. Washington State hadn't done anything since the first drive. 580 00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:15.800 And I'm like, you're right, they haven't done anything since drive, 581 00:39:16.320 --> 00:39:21.559 you know, and so and so that's the way it it it played out. 582 00:39:22.760 --> 00:39:24.639 But you know, again, you're an Arizona fan. You're never comfortable, 583 00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:29.880 you know with the thing that we laugh We all we're always laughing about 584 00:39:29.880 --> 00:39:35.360 the the twenty thirteen Oregon game when Arizona was up like forty two to six 585 00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:37.039 or something like that, and we thought all we had done was piss off 586 00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:39.880 Oregon and they're still gonna come back and win this game, and it was 587 00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:44.360 like forty two to something, you know, and it was it was never 588 00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:46.320 closed. I think he just called me. So there we are there, 589 00:39:46.559 --> 00:39:51.840 Okay, here we go, Bob camp coming up. Hey, Bob is 590 00:39:51.880 --> 00:39:57.599 a shoe. Sorry about that. So we were gonna call the cops and 591 00:39:57.639 --> 00:40:01.840 say, you know, can somebody find Bob might name is not a bad 592 00:40:01.920 --> 00:40:06.400 idea? Probably? How that? Well? Are you just kind of too 593 00:40:06.480 --> 00:40:10.039 happy to celebrate for the Diamondbacks? Are? What's going on with this with 594 00:40:10.239 --> 00:40:15.079 the Dimon Back? I have no idea how the gay bank is is going 595 00:40:15.159 --> 00:40:21.320 on there? It's been it's been pretty pretty magical. Well, you know, 596 00:40:21.440 --> 00:40:22.679 I mean, who saw this coming? Bob, right? I mean, 597 00:40:22.960 --> 00:40:25.320 uh, you know, they they barely I don't want to say they 598 00:40:25.360 --> 00:40:29.119 sneak in, but they barely get into the playoffs. You know, they 599 00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:31.400 got the Dodgers in front of them, and and and then they do this. 600 00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:37.320 You know what, what's the the whole feel for that? I mean, 601 00:40:37.440 --> 00:40:42.760 why do we think this is happening? Actually, I was less surprised 602 00:40:42.800 --> 00:40:46.599 about the Dodgers series than any of the three they played thus far, because 603 00:40:46.679 --> 00:40:51.199 I just think the Dodgers were not good at this point of the year. 604 00:40:51.400 --> 00:40:58.039 They lost too many pitchers, starting pitchers, especially really their offense after you 605 00:40:58.119 --> 00:41:00.599 got I mean those first three or four guys are really tough, but after 606 00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:04.360 you get past that, I think the week the lineup was kind of weak. 607 00:41:05.159 --> 00:41:09.519 So I wasn't that shock that they actually beat them. Uh And looking 608 00:41:09.599 --> 00:41:14.920 back now, I wasn't that surprised about Milwaukee or as a surprised, you 609 00:41:15.000 --> 00:41:16.880 know, Woodriff going down with the injury, that was a big deal for 610 00:41:17.000 --> 00:41:22.519 them, But the fact that they won basically for the last five games to 611 00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:27.920 beat Philadelphia, to me was most surprising. Yeah, but you know, 612 00:41:29.039 --> 00:41:31.559 we talked about how young there maybe like these guys probably don't even know any 613 00:41:31.639 --> 00:41:35.679 better than than to just go in and do do what they're doing. But 614 00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:37.760 you know, toy Lavala has to be given a lot of credit for pulling 615 00:41:37.800 --> 00:41:42.800 this team together and and and you know, keeping them going. Especially we 616 00:41:43.199 --> 00:41:45.920 just talked a little bit ago about that nine game losing streak earlier in the 617 00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:47.760 year one. It all could have been lost at that point, and somehow 618 00:41:47.800 --> 00:41:52.159 it wasn't. It could have been lost a few pints a few different times. 619 00:41:52.239 --> 00:41:57.039 Actually, I think that Levello has done an excellent job. I also 620 00:41:57.119 --> 00:42:00.000 think make Mike Hagan has done a really good job putting his team again. 621 00:42:00.079 --> 00:42:02.840 Other you know, the off season trade. I know there are some people 622 00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:07.880 around here that were upset that they traded var Show. I wasn't a big 623 00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:10.440 bar Show fan when he was here. He obviously had a not good season 624 00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:17.599 at all in Toronto. I knew who Gabriel Moreno was because I know I 625 00:42:17.719 --> 00:42:22.079 watched a lot of baseball, but I never imagined, nor do I think 626 00:42:22.159 --> 00:42:25.960 they imagine he was going to be this good this soon. And either the 627 00:42:27.079 --> 00:42:32.079 case can be made. I understand Marte won the NLCS MVP or whatever they 628 00:42:32.159 --> 00:42:37.039 call that award, and yeah, you can make a case. It's an 629 00:42:37.079 --> 00:42:39.119 easy case for him. But yeah, Marino got a lot of key hits. 630 00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:45.000 He did a really good job. He's he's become a tremendous defensive catcher. 631 00:42:45.079 --> 00:42:51.280 He started this season off not that great defensively, but he's improved. 632 00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:57.920 And so it's that trade was tremendous. The trade deadline moves or the moves 633 00:42:57.960 --> 00:43:05.079 that they've made since July thirty first, whether it be seawalld or Tommy sam 634 00:43:05.320 --> 00:43:07.880 who had some not so good moments in this last series, but he's got 635 00:43:07.920 --> 00:43:12.719 a lot of big hits for them over the years. And then Ryan Thompson 636 00:43:13.320 --> 00:43:16.960 who was basically released by Tampa because he wasn't any good. I mean they 637 00:43:17.079 --> 00:43:20.840 did any they didn't want to get let let him go. I mean, 638 00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:24.480 he had some good moments for them in passed postseasons and years, but they 639 00:43:24.599 --> 00:43:28.599 have led. He was on the street and anybody could have had him. 640 00:43:29.199 --> 00:43:32.079 And the fact that they not only got him, but they've gotten him into 641 00:43:32.159 --> 00:43:37.159 a place where he's a valuable pitcher in the bullpen. You know, those 642 00:43:37.199 --> 00:43:42.400 three moves were tremendous. Did you anytime talk about levelle at any time thought 643 00:43:42.480 --> 00:43:46.119 that maybe he wasn't the right guy this year? I'm sorry one more time. 644 00:43:46.679 --> 00:43:49.679 At any time this year, did you feel that he was not the 645 00:43:49.800 --> 00:43:54.039 right guy during all the troubles. I've never thought since he's been the manager 646 00:43:54.119 --> 00:43:59.880 here that he's not the right guy. I think he's He does a tremendous 647 00:44:00.360 --> 00:44:02.039 I mean, he got you know, they gave up. They lost one 648 00:44:02.119 --> 00:44:08.079 hundred and whatever it was games three two seasons ago. But when he first 649 00:44:08.280 --> 00:44:13.239 took over here, he had a lot more uh, you know, established 650 00:44:13.280 --> 00:44:16.559 talent obviously Goldschmid among others. But I thought you did a really good job 651 00:44:16.639 --> 00:44:21.559 putting that team together. Then they had some down years, but you know, 652 00:44:21.679 --> 00:44:25.719 they just didn't have any players, quite frankly, And uh, he's 653 00:44:25.719 --> 00:44:31.280 always good good as far as just the people person aspect of it, and 654 00:44:31.599 --> 00:44:36.639 uh, you know, certainly a good strategical guy. Uh. Now, 655 00:44:36.920 --> 00:44:40.199 you know the way baseball works for most organizations now, analytics plays such a 656 00:44:40.320 --> 00:44:44.880 role. It's kind of a group effort and they have like a game plan 657 00:44:45.000 --> 00:44:49.920 of how they're going to do starting pitchers, relief pitchers, pinch hitters. 658 00:44:50.880 --> 00:44:53.800 It's kind of almost a script. You can't really tell everything that's gonna go 659 00:44:53.920 --> 00:45:00.639 on during game. But he's combined his feel for the game and the numerical 660 00:45:00.800 --> 00:45:05.800 analytics side of things, and that's worked out well for the organization. So, 661 00:45:06.119 --> 00:45:07.599 you know, thinking back to the to the two thousand and one World 662 00:45:07.719 --> 00:45:13.599 Series team, this team is just a polar opposite, right. That team 663 00:45:13.679 --> 00:45:15.639 had you know, Randy Johnson, you know, Kurt Shilling, guys like 664 00:45:15.760 --> 00:45:19.840 Luis Gonzalez, Mark Grace, those guys, you know, Matt Williams, 665 00:45:19.880 --> 00:45:22.880 you know, top players in the league at that time, whereas this team 666 00:45:23.000 --> 00:45:27.519 is like, who are these guys with the exception of Zach Gallon, you 667 00:45:27.599 --> 00:45:30.519 go, you know who you know, who are these guys? I know, 668 00:45:30.639 --> 00:45:32.960 Corbyn Carroll's made a big splash, but he's a rookie. I mean, 669 00:45:34.239 --> 00:45:37.880 so different, yet they're in the same spot. That's true. I 670 00:45:37.960 --> 00:45:44.239 mean, it is pretty amazing that that team was needless to stay you know, 671 00:45:44.400 --> 00:45:46.719 the you know the third year and the yeah, third or fourth year 672 00:45:46.800 --> 00:45:52.159 of the existence of the franchise, winging a World Series. That's pretty unusual 673 00:45:52.199 --> 00:45:57.280 in itself, but that worked out well for that group. And you know 674 00:45:57.400 --> 00:46:04.280 that that game that team was in, I think more starting pitcher and reliant, 675 00:46:05.280 --> 00:46:07.519 you know, the walls just kind of fell into place for them. 676 00:46:07.599 --> 00:46:16.320 This group seems to need to be had complimentary pieces, and that's also happened 677 00:46:16.360 --> 00:46:21.400 here. And they've got some guys. Alec Thompa is the best example. 678 00:46:21.480 --> 00:46:24.159 I think that a guy that got set back to Triple A looked like, 679 00:46:25.280 --> 00:46:30.039 uh, he's a tremendous outfield a gay Bay's ever disputed that when he was 680 00:46:30.159 --> 00:46:34.679 up here early in the season, it was you know, he had knocked 681 00:46:34.719 --> 00:46:37.000 the bat out of his hand pretty much. I mean, he was a 682 00:46:37.639 --> 00:46:40.760 pretty feeble header. Uh, And they set him down to Triple A, 683 00:46:42.000 --> 00:46:46.000 and you know, he came back and was a whole different offensive player. 684 00:46:46.559 --> 00:46:52.519 The only thing he did offensively before he got demoted was he could obviously run, 685 00:46:52.599 --> 00:46:55.199 and that's just not stealing bases. That's also going from you know, 686 00:46:55.320 --> 00:47:00.800 first to third and second to home. And the fact that this team collectively 687 00:47:00.920 --> 00:47:06.320 plays such good defense, and also it is just a tremendous base running team, 688 00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:08.719 and you know, those are the two things I think that really kind 689 00:47:08.760 --> 00:47:15.239 of showed on the last two games in Philadelphia. That's more like we played 690 00:47:15.320 --> 00:47:20.360 during the regular season as opposed to being the home run reliant team right they 691 00:47:20.440 --> 00:47:24.199 were in Milwaukee and Dodgers series. That's totally unlike them during the regular season. 692 00:47:24.320 --> 00:47:29.519 It just kind of happened that for ten days or so, they get 693 00:47:29.599 --> 00:47:32.039 home runs and that's how they won those games. Yeah, I saw four 694 00:47:32.079 --> 00:47:35.960 of those in that one. Any that was not very fun as a Dodger 695 00:47:36.039 --> 00:47:38.840 fan though. So, Bob, you've been in Pheenians, Bob, you've 696 00:47:38.840 --> 00:47:42.760 been in Phoenix forever. You have a gauge of what the fan base is 697 00:47:42.880 --> 00:47:45.760 like. So this team gets here, which is an amazing feat. The 698 00:47:45.880 --> 00:47:50.239 Suns get to the finals a couple of years back, which was amazing. 699 00:47:50.400 --> 00:47:52.840 I don't remember the run though, and then the Cardinals went to the Super 700 00:47:52.840 --> 00:47:55.320 Bowl I don't know, fourteen, thirteen years ago, whatever it was. 701 00:47:57.239 --> 00:48:00.760 Which is the more amazing one? Is it? This one? And the 702 00:48:00.880 --> 00:48:05.119 fan bases? Can you talk about the fan base? Well, I think 703 00:48:05.199 --> 00:48:07.559 the start of the fan base and then remind me of I forget the first 704 00:48:07.679 --> 00:48:13.320 question in a minute, but you know, this is a this is a 705 00:48:13.440 --> 00:48:16.960 Sun's town. I mean, they were obviously here in nineteen sixty eight, 706 00:48:17.239 --> 00:48:22.360 and the Cardinals didn't show up to the late eighties, and then the dia 707 00:48:22.480 --> 00:48:27.400 Backs in ninety eight. But so you know, just historically, you know, 708 00:48:27.519 --> 00:48:30.360 there's no question that this is a Sun's town. I think there was 709 00:48:30.280 --> 00:48:36.639 more crazy frenzy. But also when the Suns went to the finals the last 710 00:48:36.719 --> 00:48:40.079 time, it was I wouldn't say totally expected, but I mean they were 711 00:48:40.119 --> 00:48:44.960 one of the favorites certainly, so that wasn't too surprising. But this is 712 00:48:45.039 --> 00:48:50.159 a I think the Sons are still double one of the lists Diamondbacks. I 713 00:48:50.239 --> 00:48:53.239 think there's actually baseball wise, yeah, I think there's a lot of baseball 714 00:48:53.400 --> 00:48:58.440 fans in this town that a lot of the baseball fans in this town have 715 00:48:58.760 --> 00:49:04.639 migrated either from the Midwest or southern California. Cried frankly, you know, 716 00:49:04.719 --> 00:49:07.159 the Dodgers are here. Sometimes at the least of the regular season, you're 717 00:49:07.199 --> 00:49:12.079 not even sure the home team is if you're just listing the audio. Uh. 718 00:49:12.199 --> 00:49:17.360 So there's that Cardinals they caught on some but you know, they were 719 00:49:17.440 --> 00:49:24.960 still making the transition from playing in Sun Devil Stadium and nobody caring, uh, 720 00:49:25.199 --> 00:49:30.159 to playing in Glendale and then people trying to figure out why are they 721 00:49:30.239 --> 00:49:34.159 playing in Glendale? Uh? But you know, and that was only the 722 00:49:34.480 --> 00:49:38.480 Super Bowl run was only a couple of years after they moved from Tempe Glendale 723 00:49:38.519 --> 00:49:43.880 for the regular season games. So there's that part there. I'm sorry, 724 00:49:44.280 --> 00:49:50.960 back to the first. Was the first covered it off? So I know 725 00:49:51.079 --> 00:49:58.199 you're not a Betty Man. Wink wink. Who do you pick? Uh 726 00:50:00.079 --> 00:50:01.039 what? Who do you have? Who do you have? Who do you 727 00:50:01.119 --> 00:50:07.880 have? We got about a minute in the world. Yeah, okay, 728 00:50:07.960 --> 00:50:12.079 well I'm gonna write about them yet. Uh So the Dodgers series, where 729 00:50:12.119 --> 00:50:15.840 I thought they really had a pretty decent chance to win that, I don't 730 00:50:15.840 --> 00:50:22.920 know how. It's difficult. I mean, I don't really care about home 731 00:50:22.960 --> 00:50:27.559 field and baseball, and quite frankly ever really have cared too much about home 732 00:50:27.599 --> 00:50:32.480 field baseball. Teams that are in this position deep into the players got to 733 00:50:32.519 --> 00:50:36.880 win. They have to win a lot of road games anyway. I think 734 00:50:36.920 --> 00:50:40.840 it's just the line up, a depth of the Rangers far more than even 735 00:50:40.880 --> 00:50:47.599 the Phillies. I think that this is a big win. This pitches play 736 00:50:47.679 --> 00:50:54.400 better defense, also really good defense. As a baseball fan, I'm looking 737 00:50:54.440 --> 00:51:00.599 forward to the series because I like to watch pitching and defense. They're both 738 00:51:00.159 --> 00:51:05.039 excelent. The defense. Sure, okay, I think we didn't hear a 739 00:51:05.079 --> 00:51:07.519 word you said. We got it. You got hey, Bob, appreciate 740 00:51:07.559 --> 00:51:12.719 it, Thank you, Thanks so much man. Okay, thanks you will, 741 00:51:12.920 --> 00:51:15.480 yes, So tell me who did you pick. I think you had 742 00:51:15.519 --> 00:51:19.360 the Diamondbacks. He thinks the Rangers. Some are deep, but I think 743 00:51:19.519 --> 00:51:22.480 I think he took thee. They're gonna run him out of a ton if 744 00:51:22.480 --> 00:51:24.599 you didn't pick the Diamondbacks. All right, thank you, Bob camp Sports 745 00:51:24.679 --> 00:51:29.039 on ten to sixteen Field, So be sure to listen to his show up 746 00:51:29.119 --> 00:51:30.760 there and we're gonna take our break, We're gonna come back. We're gonna 747 00:51:30.760 --> 00:51:31.360 have breaking news.