WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:00.720 Ah, there we go. 2 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:03.640 Fred Rrogan, Jonas Nachen today for Rodney on AM five 3 00:00:03.640 --> 00:00:06.599 to seventy LA Sports. Well, it was tight last night, 4 00:00:06.639 --> 00:00:09.000 at least for a while. Well actually it was tight 5 00:00:09.039 --> 00:00:11.880 for a long while, and when it was all said 6 00:00:11.880 --> 00:00:16.559 and done, the Dodgers prevailed. Now, so Heo Tani tripled 7 00:00:16.839 --> 00:00:21.679 in the ballgame. I think the fans and Anaheim pretty 8 00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:25.399 much acknowledged his presence and were happy to see him. Jonas, 9 00:00:25.399 --> 00:00:25.920 what would you. 10 00:00:25.879 --> 00:00:28.160 Say, Yeah, I would think so. And look, it was 11 00:00:28.239 --> 00:00:30.120 kind of the feedback that we got yesterday when we 12 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:33.960 talked to people who are Angels fans and they were 13 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:35.920 just saying, look, we're going to celebrate the guy. We 14 00:00:35.960 --> 00:00:37.640 had a guy call in say we like going out 15 00:00:37.679 --> 00:00:40.280 to the ballpark and it's still fun no matter what. 16 00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:44.280 And it's more of a representation of where the organization 17 00:00:44.479 --> 00:00:47.359 is at, where the ownership is at, and less of 18 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:51.840 Otani leaving. So it feels like maybe there were some booze. 19 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:54.320 I didn't hear any in seeing him walk up to 20 00:00:54.359 --> 00:00:58.039 the plate and how he was celebrated, especially in that 21 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:00.640 first of bat, but it seemed like everyone was really 22 00:01:01.920 --> 00:01:05.760 I think he's a really good guy, really well liked 23 00:01:05.879 --> 00:01:08.599 by everybody who comes in contact with him, and I 24 00:01:08.599 --> 00:01:11.359 think there's also this element of respect where it's like, 25 00:01:11.879 --> 00:01:14.760 even if you're still bitter and still pissy about it, 26 00:01:14.879 --> 00:01:17.480 you do kind of recognize, Yeah, but we're never gonna 27 00:01:17.480 --> 00:01:19.920 see this again in baseball, Like, this is a special 28 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:23.680 player doing special things. So appreciate it while we can. 29 00:01:24.079 --> 00:01:26.159 And I think that's one thing that baseball fans do. 30 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:30.599 They celebrate greatness, and they really do put a premium 31 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:33.000 on special feats. And the guys in the middle of 32 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:35.799 trying to go fifty to fifty for the first time ever, 33 00:01:35.959 --> 00:01:38.439 so maybe they're just excited to see that as opposed 34 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:40.239 to the awful baseball they watched all year. 35 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:43.920 All right, So what did you think of the Angels tribute? 36 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:46.599 I mean, it was better than nothing, you know, they 37 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:48.599 put together. I did see there was like a little 38 00:01:48.640 --> 00:01:52.239 bit of a like a montage video that was thrown together. 39 00:01:52.319 --> 00:01:54.359 I don't know if that was played in the ballpark, 40 00:01:54.400 --> 00:01:57.159 but I did see it. It was on like TikTok or 41 00:01:57.200 --> 00:02:00.840 someplace like that. It looked more like something you would 42 00:02:00.840 --> 00:02:03.480 get for a high school yearbook. To be honest with you, 43 00:02:03.760 --> 00:02:06.280 little nickel and Dime if you ask me not maybe 44 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:08.759 not so surprising. And then they had a tribute on 45 00:02:08.800 --> 00:02:12.039 the video board. Some people stood up, you know, gave 46 00:02:12.120 --> 00:02:15.759 him that standing ovation, celebrated him. I mean, you made 47 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:17.560 it seem like he was gonna get nothing. They were 48 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:18.800 gonna boom out of the building. 49 00:02:19.159 --> 00:02:20.879 No, no, I didn't say they were gonna boom out 50 00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:23.520 of the building. But yesterday, when the Angels were asked, 51 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:26.680 they said there was nothing planned. I loved change. 52 00:02:26.479 --> 00:02:27.919 But you made it seem like they were going to 53 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:31.680 be selling decoy dartboards. You know, when when people walked 54 00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:33.960 into the stadium, like the first eight thousand people that 55 00:02:34.000 --> 00:02:35.960 walk into the stadium like that. O'll show you the 56 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:38.599 difference between the two fan bases. When the Dodgers do 57 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:41.479 a bobblehead night, it's the first forty thousand. When the 58 00:02:41.479 --> 00:02:44.680 Angels do a decoy dartboard night, it's the first eight thousand, 59 00:02:44.680 --> 00:02:47.000 because they're figuring there's no way in hell eight thousand 60 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:50.120 people are showing up here. But they showed up. They 61 00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:55.240 celebrated him, and you know, he had a triple. They 62 00:02:55.319 --> 00:02:57.479 had a little bit of hope, and the next thing, 63 00:02:57.520 --> 00:03:00.280 you know, the guy that people forget was all in 64 00:03:00.319 --> 00:03:03.280 the conversation for Best Player in Baseball also plays with 65 00:03:03.400 --> 00:03:05.599 the Dodgers, and he comes up big in a moment 66 00:03:05.639 --> 00:03:08.319 where he felt a little bit disrespected by the Angels. 67 00:03:08.360 --> 00:03:11.840 So yeah, I mean, the Dodgers struggled at the plate. 68 00:03:12.599 --> 00:03:16.199 The game goes into extra innings. Ron Washington has a 69 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:18.879 decision to make, and he said, all right, we're o 70 00:03:19.039 --> 00:03:22.479 tod he's not beating us. First base is open. We'll 71 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:25.599 just walk him there you go. We're not letting him 72 00:03:25.639 --> 00:03:28.840 beat us, not in this ballpark, not with all these 73 00:03:28.879 --> 00:03:32.080 Dodger fans here, not letting him pour salt in the wound. 74 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:35.199 I'm gonna make a baseball decision right here and right now. 75 00:03:35.800 --> 00:03:39.759 We're gonna put him on. All right. Well, you couldn't 76 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:43.840 argue sure it was a savage move because every Dodger 77 00:03:43.879 --> 00:03:45.599 fan in that place wanted to see him hitt in 78 00:03:45.639 --> 00:03:49.400 that situation. But Ron Washington is a savage. He doesn't care. 79 00:03:49.439 --> 00:03:51.919 He'll go for it. Yeah, that's true, and he made 80 00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:56.479 the decision. Okay, Well, now what you've done is you've 81 00:03:56.520 --> 00:03:59.639 pretty much ticked off Mookie Bets because I don't know 82 00:03:59.639 --> 00:04:02.879 what time in his career where someone has been walked 83 00:04:03.000 --> 00:04:06.039 ahead of him, so then you'll get to face him 84 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:10.120 an MVP. So he walks up there and goes, okay, 85 00:04:10.240 --> 00:04:12.719 well that's how you want to play. You have no 86 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:16.079 respect for me. You'd rather see me hit than Otani. 87 00:04:16.439 --> 00:04:19.839 All Right, I'll hit and he did out of the 88 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:21.519 park and that was that. 89 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:22.199 Yep. 90 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:25.519 It could not have gone worse for Ron Washington and 91 00:04:25.560 --> 00:04:26.720 the Angels in that scenario. 92 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:32.000 I mean, look, what really are your options? All right? 93 00:04:32.279 --> 00:04:36.360 If you pitched O'tani and you know he hits a 94 00:04:36.439 --> 00:04:40.360 gapper or goes, you know, hits a home run, then 95 00:04:40.560 --> 00:04:42.720 you know, all of a sudden, it's how could you 96 00:04:42.759 --> 00:04:45.839 do this? And knowing the moment, knowing the situation, he 97 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:48.800 would have gotten the Dave Roberts treatment. And I think 98 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:52.879 that he made the best baseball decision in that moment 99 00:04:52.959 --> 00:04:55.680 to where he just looked at the percentages, he looked 100 00:04:55.680 --> 00:04:58.839 at what the situation was and just said, okay, I'm 101 00:04:58.839 --> 00:05:01.560 going to trust that in this matchup, it makes the 102 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:04.560 most sense to go ahead and pitch to Mooki Betts 103 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:09.839 as opposed to Otani, which tells you how great Otani is, 104 00:05:10.560 --> 00:05:14.480 because if the better option is to pitch to Mookie Betts, 105 00:05:14.600 --> 00:05:17.439 who is a first ballot Hall of Famer who is 106 00:05:17.480 --> 00:05:20.199 one of the better players in baseball, even though he's 107 00:05:20.000 --> 00:05:22.000 been up and down this year because of the injury 108 00:05:22.040 --> 00:05:25.680 and all that, If that's a better option than pitching, 109 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:29.199 to show Aotani, that's the type of great play we're 110 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:31.560 seeing from Otani, And how great of a player is 111 00:05:31.879 --> 00:05:35.240 that Mooki's a better option. Like no other place in 112 00:05:35.279 --> 00:05:39.319 baseball is Like where else in baseball is outside of 113 00:05:39.439 --> 00:05:43.160 maybe the Yankees this year with Aaron Judge, Like where 114 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:45.839 else is Mookie Betts the second best player on a 115 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:50.439 lineup like it doesn't exist, and the Dodgers have it, 116 00:05:50.839 --> 00:05:55.040 Which is why I've been confident this entire time. Look, 117 00:05:55.319 --> 00:05:57.439 I know last year was last year in the postseason 118 00:05:57.720 --> 00:06:01.399 with that lineup, those two guys, especially if Mookie's healthy, 119 00:06:01.720 --> 00:06:03.920 they're going to be fine in the playoffs. You want 120 00:06:03.959 --> 00:06:07.959 everything thrown in and everybody fired. I get that. That's 121 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:10.240 the way you want to play this game, Fred, not me. 122 00:06:10.600 --> 00:06:13.759 That team's won in the World Series. Exhibit A, b C. 123 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:16.160 Go all the way through. Z it all played out 124 00:06:16.199 --> 00:06:18.079 last night at Angel Stadium. 125 00:06:18.600 --> 00:06:21.519 All right, Well, we have Mooki talking after the game 126 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:25.199 about oh Tony being walked to get to him, and that. 127 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:27.680 Doesn't happen often, so I kind of kind of blackout. 128 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:30.920 I just knew, uh, you know, they walk show to 129 00:06:31.000 --> 00:06:32.600 get to me, and I was just like, all right, 130 00:06:32.879 --> 00:06:35.759 I mean that's kind of what you want. But you know, 131 00:06:35.839 --> 00:06:37.600 unfortunately it went well. 132 00:06:38.879 --> 00:06:41.000 It's kind of what you want. I mean, all right, 133 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:42.519 if that's kind of what you want. 134 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:44.319 It's like it's like you're going to get it. It's 135 00:06:44.319 --> 00:06:46.800 like Denzel and training Day, how you want a dog 136 00:06:46.879 --> 00:06:52.120 close casket? Like, okay, is that we're playing this game. 137 00:06:52.680 --> 00:06:54.879 I mean, it's just awesome, Like to think about this, 138 00:06:55.120 --> 00:06:59.040 like this lineup and the fact that we're getting these 139 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:01.519 three guys down on the stretch and into the postseason 140 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:03.240 at the top of the lineup. That's fun. 141 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:03.519 Man. 142 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:05.879 That's a really, really good the good way to start 143 00:07:05.879 --> 00:07:07.920 the game for the Dodgers and apparently a good way 144 00:07:07.920 --> 00:07:10.079 to end it to based on last night, so. 145 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:11.959 You know, extra and they start with a man on 146 00:07:12.000 --> 00:07:15.199 second base. I know Adam hates that rule. I absolutely 147 00:07:15.240 --> 00:07:16.560 love it. I think they should put it in the 148 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:18.879 playoffs as well. Geez, I think get anything to shake 149 00:07:18.920 --> 00:07:19.680 it up makes it better. 150 00:07:19.959 --> 00:07:20.480 I love that. 151 00:07:20.560 --> 00:07:23.959 Fred, You're out of your damn mind. It may be 152 00:07:24.120 --> 00:07:26.959 a necessity to make games go faster during the regular 153 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:30.040 season and to not wear out bullpens in the playoffs. 154 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:32.439 You want that gimmick ghost runner on second? 155 00:07:32.480 --> 00:07:34.360 You think that's a good idea? Do you want? Do 156 00:07:34.399 --> 00:07:37.040 you want shootouts in hockey after the first five minutes? 157 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:39.560 Or do you want overtime hockey in the playoffs? 158 00:07:40.439 --> 00:07:46.000 Come no, I cred do you like baseball? Because that's 159 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:53.199 not Baseball's not baseball? Fred you no, no, no, no, to 160 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:55.000 be the purest not like that rule. 161 00:07:55.639 --> 00:07:57.480 I love that rule. You know how I always thought 162 00:07:57.519 --> 00:07:58.480 they should end ties. 163 00:07:59.680 --> 00:07:59.959 How's it? 164 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:06.160 And I'm dead serious. Everybody laughed at me. Home run Derby? Okay, 165 00:08:06.240 --> 00:08:09.720 home run Derby, all right, but that's how home run Derby. 166 00:08:09.560 --> 00:08:10.680 And make the pictures have to hit? 167 00:08:10.759 --> 00:08:12.279 Yeah, how about that? 168 00:08:12.759 --> 00:08:14.160 I mean that would be great. 169 00:08:14.319 --> 00:08:15.720 Rock and Jock from MTV. 170 00:08:16.279 --> 00:08:17.399 What are we doing for head? 171 00:08:18.800 --> 00:08:20.000 I think that would be the best. 172 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:24.000 Now, Okay, this sounds like somebody who's had to cover 173 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:27.439 enough sporting events to where your thought is not what's 174 00:08:27.519 --> 00:08:29.279 best for the sport, it's what's going to get me 175 00:08:29.319 --> 00:08:32.080 out of the stadium, quicker, That's what it sounds. 176 00:08:31.800 --> 00:08:33.960 Like, AKA, you don't want to watch anymore. 177 00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:37.279 No, my thought is what's best for me the fan? 178 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:37.639 What? 179 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:39.600 No, you what will be the most exciting thing for 180 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:40.080 me the fan? 181 00:08:40.200 --> 00:08:41.879 And No, your thought is what's going to get this 182 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:44.240 live shot done quickest so I can get over to 183 00:08:44.440 --> 00:08:48.440 uh whatever place has got ribs for seventy five percent off? 184 00:08:48.600 --> 00:08:50.919 Like, come on, if I knew where that place was, 185 00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:53.879 I would have gone all the time seventy off. No, 186 00:08:54.480 --> 00:08:57.039 I really think it's exciting. I like the ghost Runner. 187 00:08:57.639 --> 00:08:59.120 I think it makes the game more exciting. 188 00:09:00.279 --> 00:09:02.120 How do you think they handle that when it comes 189 00:09:02.159 --> 00:09:05.639 to stats? Is that just does the picture get counted 190 00:09:05.639 --> 00:09:08.159 for that? Or a era? Does the hitter get an 191 00:09:08.240 --> 00:09:10.200 RBI there when the guy was already on second? 192 00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:10.320 Like? 193 00:09:11.080 --> 00:09:15.240 What are we doing? Fred? That stuff is not baseball. 194 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:17.840 Baseball is a game of anticipation. That is the point 195 00:09:17.879 --> 00:09:20.320 of it. If you don't like that, you don't like baseball. 196 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:22.759 Let me ask you this, Adam. Do they still wear 197 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:24.720 leather helmets in the NFL? 198 00:09:25.399 --> 00:09:26.039 Great point. 199 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:29.360 Yeah, it's totally to a safety issue. 200 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:30.080 That's a great. 201 00:09:29.879 --> 00:09:34.159 Parallel, Fred. No, things evolve like equivalency. It's not the 202 00:09:34.240 --> 00:09:37.960 same thing. It is some rules are better robots calling 203 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:41.399 balls and strikes. That would be great. This is different. 204 00:09:42.039 --> 00:09:44.279 This is not baseball. If you like baseball, why do 205 00:09:44.320 --> 00:09:45.120 you want less of it? 206 00:09:46.000 --> 00:09:47.840 Not a question of less of it, it's a question 207 00:09:47.919 --> 00:09:50.799 it is you want the game over. No, what you 208 00:09:50.919 --> 00:09:53.559 want in any sport is a sense of urgency. Well, 209 00:09:53.600 --> 00:09:55.480 that run around second base all of a sudden, there's 210 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:57.480 a sense of urgency. It makes it more exciting. 211 00:09:57.519 --> 00:10:00.000 The runner that didn't earn getting to second. 212 00:09:59.679 --> 00:10:01.919 Base, yeah he did, he got there. He walked over. 213 00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:04.279 Big time. 214 00:10:04.320 --> 00:10:06.399 Fred, he still got there. Man, they are athletes, I 215 00:10:06.440 --> 00:10:07.679 forgot right. 216 00:10:08.519 --> 00:10:10.159 So I don't think we need to belabor it because 217 00:10:10.159 --> 00:10:12.600 I think most people would agree with me that the 218 00:10:12.679 --> 00:10:13.759 x RA inning rule does work. 219 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:16.679 Yes, nobody that wants that in the playoffs read but 220 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:18.600 you nobody? 221 00:10:19.240 --> 00:10:22.360 You know? Of hands? All right? Show a hand? See 222 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:24.159 I see three that went up? Immediately? They want it 223 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:27.159 like me? They do. I saw a show of hands? 224 00:10:28.360 --> 00:10:36.399 Or is Vick would say, a show hey of hands? Listen, Adam, 225 00:10:36.879 --> 00:10:37.720 they're referring to you. 226 00:10:39.840 --> 00:10:42.519 As well, Fred, Those also don't count, all right? Those 227 00:10:42.519 --> 00:10:43.200 hands aren't up? 228 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:43.840 All right? 229 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:46.120 Fine? Uh? Oh, by the way, were you at the 230 00:10:46.120 --> 00:10:50.960 game last night? Did you experience the Anaheim game last night? 231 00:10:51.639 --> 00:10:52.960 If you did, you didnt give us a call A 232 00:10:53.200 --> 00:10:54.120 six seventeen. 233 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:56.080 You were asking me like, why the hell would I 234 00:10:56.120 --> 00:10:57.720 go to that game? You know what it would take 235 00:10:57.720 --> 00:11:00.120 to get to get from Thousand Oaks to Anaheim. 236 00:11:00.159 --> 00:11:02.679 They're gonna slept down there? Are you kidding me? No? 237 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:05.840 But if you did go, if you went to the game, 238 00:11:05.960 --> 00:11:08.000 love to hear your experience. What the crowd was like? 239 00:11:08.440 --> 00:11:12.080 To me, watching seem more Dodger than Angel fans. I 240 00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:14.360 know the game was sold out. Jonash we talked about 241 00:11:14.360 --> 00:11:16.879 that yesterday. You know, what would the crowd be like 242 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:19.679 forty four and change. I'm seeing I think their biggest 243 00:11:19.679 --> 00:11:23.320 crowd of the season. Here's what's interesting and show how 244 00:11:23.320 --> 00:11:28.279 Otani certainly helps in one regard. So the Dodgers four years, 245 00:11:28.639 --> 00:11:31.480 not the Yankees. The Dodgers were the top road draw 246 00:11:31.559 --> 00:11:36.200 in baseball. Not the Yankees. The Dodgers, so when the 247 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:41.679 Dodgers went into another city, those teams would have their 248 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:45.799 highest attendance per game. They were the top road draw 249 00:11:45.919 --> 00:11:51.080 in baseball. Now you add Otani to that list and 250 00:11:51.120 --> 00:11:53.720 they are far and away the top road draw. That 251 00:11:53.879 --> 00:11:56.360 means Cincinnati wants the Dodgers to come in because they'll 252 00:11:56.360 --> 00:11:59.039 be close to a sellout instead of drawing eighteen thousand, 253 00:12:00.120 --> 00:12:02.799 and Cincinnati would have drawn close to a sellout even 254 00:12:02.840 --> 00:12:05.200 without Otani if the Dodgers were in town, because they 255 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:08.799 are the top road draw So now Otana used to 256 00:12:08.840 --> 00:12:12.720 play for the Angels, and when Otani played for the Angels, 257 00:12:13.440 --> 00:12:18.279 they were the fifth highest drawing team on the road, right, 258 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:20.080 so the Dodgers would be ahead of them, the Yankees, 259 00:12:20.120 --> 00:12:24.120 probably the cub somebody else in the Angels. Otani no 260 00:12:24.200 --> 00:12:27.960 longer plays for them, and they are the worst drawing 261 00:12:28.039 --> 00:12:32.799 road team in baseball. So if Pittsburgh draws eight thousand 262 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:35.559 a game, when the Angels come to town, they'll draw seven. 263 00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:41.919 Just the loss of Otani hurt the Angel brand nationally 264 00:12:42.559 --> 00:12:46.320 because he was the brand, and losing him like they 265 00:12:46.360 --> 00:12:51.120 did really was devastating, just devastating. 266 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:53.639 And it does feel like is well, and you know, 267 00:12:53.679 --> 00:12:56.480 maybe Patrick O'Neill can touch on this a little more, 268 00:12:56.559 --> 00:13:01.440 but even sort of the like even sort of like 269 00:13:01.519 --> 00:13:05.399 the aura of like Mike Trout that's kind of lost it. 270 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:07.519 And I know he's been banged up and I get 271 00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:11.279 all that, but it's almost like that's not even enough 272 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:14.759 to really get people to want to get excited about 273 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:16.639 the team. And that's another guy who was in the 274 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:21.279 conversation for best player in baseball for years and really, 275 00:13:21.399 --> 00:13:23.279 like it is kind of interesting when you factor it 276 00:13:23.279 --> 00:13:27.279 in like this, like you could make the argument, depending 277 00:13:27.320 --> 00:13:30.519 on the season, Mike Trout or Mookie Betts is the 278 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:34.320 best player in baseball correct, And both of those players 279 00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:37.120 have both been overshadowed by show Heyo Tani when he's 280 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:40.559 gotten there, which is like wild to think about that. 281 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:43.399 He's been on two teams that have had the best 282 00:13:43.480 --> 00:13:46.399 quote unquote player in the league, and show Heyo Tani 283 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:50.759 has just completely overwhelmed all the coverage, all the conversation 284 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:53.360 when it comes to those two franchises, and even with 285 00:13:53.399 --> 00:13:55.720 Mike Trout is just not the same as it was. 286 00:13:56.159 --> 00:13:57.399 And I think a lot of that has to do 287 00:13:57.440 --> 00:14:00.720 with injuries, but there's also a but you once had 288 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:03.440 Otani and now what's left over? And what's left over? 289 00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:06.600 As you've touched on, you know, the lowest road attendance 290 00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:08.000 in Major League Baseball this year. 291 00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:12.279 Yeah, it's really frustrating for him, but you know, they 292 00:14:12.320 --> 00:14:13.600 did it themselves. 293 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:18.879 I have like a quick, fun little game for you. Okay, 294 00:14:19.120 --> 00:14:22.840 So the Dodgers are the best road team as far 295 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:25.519 as attendance goes in Major League Baseball? Can you name 296 00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:27.480 the rest of the top five? Like, if you had 297 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:29.639 to do? We have any game show music, like impromptu 298 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:31.360 game show music we can throw on for this? 299 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:32.399 Probably not. 300 00:14:32.600 --> 00:14:34.240 I want to see how good you are at this, Fred, 301 00:14:34.279 --> 00:14:36.399 because this this feels like something that would be right 302 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:40.000 in your wheelhouse. Okay, set up there on a tee. 303 00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:44.919 We're talking best road attendance in Major League Baseball this year. 304 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:49.360 This is the MLB Attendance Report according to ESPN, So 305 00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:51.759 hopefully we can talk about this without direct TV shutting 306 00:14:51.799 --> 00:14:53.919 it off. So what was you what would be your guest? 307 00:14:54.039 --> 00:14:56.679 The top five? After the Dodgers are won? Who do 308 00:14:56.720 --> 00:14:57.759 you got? Two through five? 309 00:14:58.960 --> 00:15:07.039 H and no specific order? Yankees they are three, Cobs 310 00:15:08.799 --> 00:15:12.000 they are twelve. Cubs are twelve? All right? Red Socks. 311 00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:19.159 No hmmm, um, gotta be Rockies. 312 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:20.840 There's gotta be eight. 313 00:15:21.679 --> 00:15:22.679 What took you so long? 314 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:24.879 Sacramento as M. 315 00:15:27.080 --> 00:15:29.200 I don't have two. I don't even have two nails. 316 00:15:29.320 --> 00:15:31.960 No, the Yankees are three. There's one team just ahead 317 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:33.120 of the Yankees. 318 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:36.879 And it wouldn't be your wouldn't be the Cobs. 319 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:41.960 No, not all Giants. Well, the Giants are five, which 320 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:42.600 surprised me. 321 00:15:43.080 --> 00:15:45.320 Okay, so now I'm I need two. 322 00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:47.360 Yes, you've got the Dodgers at one, you got the 323 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:49.759 Yankees at three, you got the Giants at five. You 324 00:15:49.799 --> 00:15:56.639 need two and four. Okay, I'll give you a hint. 325 00:15:56.679 --> 00:15:59.159 They're both. They're both from the same division in the 326 00:15:59.279 --> 00:15:59.639 n L. 327 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:02.039 Cardinals, no Braves. 328 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:06.679 Braves are four, not Mets, No. 329 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:09.679 Phillies. 330 00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:13.159 The Phillies are two. There it is, Yeah, I mean 331 00:16:13.200 --> 00:16:16.720 if you just look at it like this, though again 332 00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:19.879 star power, like the Phillies have studs on that team, 333 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:23.080 Bryce Harper, another player in the conversation for best player 334 00:16:23.080 --> 00:16:25.240 in the league. So like, if you just look at 335 00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:28.799 it on the surface, like traditional fan bases, you go, okay, 336 00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:30.960 well maybe the Phillies wouldn't You wouldn't think of that, 337 00:16:31.039 --> 00:16:33.080 And then you think about all the talent they've got 338 00:16:33.320 --> 00:16:36.039 there the Braves. I think Adam made the point. You 339 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:38.039 know there's a lot of Braves fans. They travel well, 340 00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:40.080 they were on the superstation for years, Like a lot 341 00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:42.320 of people grew up watching the Braves. Same with the Cubs, 342 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:44.559 like a lot of people grew up with WGN watch 343 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:48.120 the Cubs, so they've got fan bases, international brands. But 344 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:52.559 star power does help. Star power does attract. So if 345 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:56.360 you can get Phillies Dodgers in an NLCS, I mean 346 00:16:56.360 --> 00:16:58.279 tell me people wouldn't be thrilled with that. I mean 347 00:16:58.320 --> 00:16:59.759 probably a lot more thrilled than if you get the 348 00:16:59.799 --> 00:17:03.600 diem Backs. No disrespect to your serpientes in an NLCS. 349 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:07.799 Again, there you have the whole list. Yes, who's last? 350 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:09.079 Give me the last five? 351 00:17:09.640 --> 00:17:14.880 Oakland Angels are last Angels? Oakland Angels, Royals at twenty nine, 352 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:19.039 Mariners at twenty eight, White Sox at twenty seven. I 353 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:21.640 can't believe the White Sox aren't thirty one. And then 354 00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:25.079 the Cleveland Guardians and I almost said the former name, 355 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:27.880 which probably would have gotten me fired there at twenty six. 356 00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:32.039 So Cleveland, Chicago and the Al Seattle, Kansas City, and 357 00:17:32.079 --> 00:17:35.759 the Angels. That's your bottom five the road attendance in 358 00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:36.720 Major League Baseball. 359 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:39.960 But last night the Big A was sold out. All right, 360 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:41.480 if you were at the game last night, we want 361 00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:42.880 you to call and want to hear from you. Eight 362 00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:45.880 six six nine eighty seven two five seventy. What was 363 00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:47.839 the experience like? By the way, what team were you 364 00:17:47.920 --> 00:17:50.400 rooting for? You could have been rooting for the Angels, 365 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:53.039 But what was it like to be there in that 366 00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:55.279 that stadium last night? Eight six six, nine eighty seven 367 00:17:55.319 --> 00:18:02.640 two five seventy. Now a word from Jacob. If you 368 00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:04.839 were recently injured in an accident but have not called 369 00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:06.920 our friend Jacob yet, what are you waiting for? Not 370 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:09.119 taking action may cost your money? What does that mean. 371 00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:11.160 Let's say you were injured in a car accident a 372 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:13.160 few months ago. You thought the pain in your back 373 00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:15.359 would go away, so you never went to see a doctor. 374 00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:17.720 But now a few months later, it's getting worse each week. 375 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:20.240 Here's your problem. 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And let's go to Anaheim and start with 397 00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:32.400 Edgar Edgar, thanks for holding during the break. 398 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:32.880 Go ahead. 399 00:19:34.599 --> 00:19:35.519 Hey, how you doing, sir? 400 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:39.119 Doing fine? Edgar? By the way, when you call, wait 401 00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:42.240