Speaker 1: The Dodgers wrapping up their series deep in the heart
Speaker 1: of Texas here in Houston, and I'm joined right now
Speaker 1: by Dodger first baseman these days, Calvin Bigio. Thanks a
Speaker 1: lot for the time, first time on the show.
Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you for having me excited about it.
Speaker 1: I'm trying to make a good first impression. I'm all
Speaker 1: tongue tied, all nervous with you.
Speaker 2: I do no reason to be nervous, no reason.
Speaker 1: Hey, this is a place, minute made, park you grew
Speaker 1: up in. Literally, what's it like to come back and
Speaker 1: wearing a Dodger uniform?
Speaker 2: Whenever I come back here to Houston, it's always special,
Speaker 2: you know, takeout playing in this ballpark that I spent
Speaker 2: so much time in and my dad played here for
Speaker 2: twenty years. It's always nice to see friends and family,
Speaker 2: and it's always a good environment playing here, you know,
Speaker 2: wearing Dodgers Dodger uniform now I know there's a lot
Speaker 2: of history between the two clubs, just makes it that
Speaker 2: much more exciting.
Speaker 1: You've seen a lot of games played in this stadium.
Speaker 1: I've heard hitters maybe get a little over zealous with
Speaker 1: the Crawford boxes and short porch down the right field line.
Speaker 1: What is the key as far as hitting here and
Speaker 1: how to be successful here?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's it's no different than any other ballpark.
Speaker 2: Just not trying to do too much. Number one. They
Speaker 2: have a lot of good arms here, So with that
Speaker 2: being said, just uh, you know, stick with your approach
Speaker 2: and they make a mistake, you know, hammer and be
Speaker 2: on it. It can get loud here too, yes it can.
Speaker 2: It's it's always always exciting to play here. They've you know,
Speaker 2: I think Houston has really good fans in all sports.
Speaker 2: I'm a Texan and Rockets fan as well, so so yeah,
Speaker 2: I always felt like Houston always had a good fan
Speaker 2: base for all sports.
Speaker 1: You could bring out your Texans jersey these days because
Speaker 1: they're good again.
Speaker 2: Yeah right, finally Yeah, CJ. Stroud got a lot of
Speaker 2: weapons there, and uh you got a good head coach
Speaker 2: there as well. So I'm excited for this year. See
Speaker 2: what they bring.
Speaker 1: You know, you just tipped your hands for your teammates.
Speaker 1: If you're playing fantasy football with them, we all know
Speaker 1: you're gonna go the Texans route.
Speaker 2: Uh, No, fantasy football strictly business, you know. Playing in
Speaker 2: the league with with the Blue Jays past two years
Speaker 2: I led the league in scoring, so plan on doing
Speaker 2: that again. CJ. Stroud was my quarterback last year. Picked
Speaker 2: him up off the waivers actually, so he's probably gonna
Speaker 2: be a first rounder this year. So we'll see.
Speaker 1: Do you have a sleeper pick for us to share
Speaker 1: with everybody as we get closer?
Speaker 2: University of Texas wide receiver just signed with the Chiefs. Okay,
Speaker 2: so I'm thinking little Tyreek Hill type player, Xavier Worthy,
Speaker 2: that's his name. Fastest guy in the draft, really good receiver,
Speaker 2: so should be fun to watch him pair up with
Speaker 2: Ma Home. So maybe a sleeper or we might go
Speaker 2: early early in the draft.
Speaker 1: So we'll see, all right, Kevin Bishio giving you some
Speaker 1: fantasy football tips as we talk baseball here before the
Speaker 1: final game of the series here in Houston, and there's
Speaker 1: Blake Trenton who's making sure the mic works. Kevin, first base.
Speaker 1: You've obviously been a versable player your entire career. This
Speaker 1: is extenuating circumstances. Obviously, what's it like to play first base?
Speaker 1: It seems like people take that position for granted.
Speaker 2: Absolutely. I started playing for space in the minor leagues,
Speaker 2: and the first thing that I noticed it's as easy
Speaker 2: as you want it to be. You know, if you
Speaker 2: don't work at it and you don't try to be
Speaker 2: a good first basement, then it's gonna be really hard
Speaker 2: and things are going to speed up on you, and
Speaker 2: balls are gonna run and you're not gonna be in
Speaker 2: the right position. So I think it's just overall not
Speaker 2: trying to do too much. Your job is to catch
Speaker 2: the ball, but also, you know, being prepared and being
Speaker 2: familiar of you know, catch and throws I think is
Speaker 2: the biggest thing, and staying through picks and whatnot. So
Speaker 2: I think it's just being prepared and just not allowing
Speaker 2: the game to speed up on either.
Speaker 1: That's the greatest synopsis of playing that position. It's as
Speaker 1: easy as you want it to be. It feels like
Speaker 1: people think playing that position is really easy, but it's
Speaker 1: a lot more challenging than what Freddy Freeman and Cavin
Speaker 1: Bigeo make it look. Yeah.
Speaker 2: I mean, I played, you know, infield my whole whole life,
Speaker 2: second base, short third, and you can really notice the
Speaker 2: difference when you have a good first basement over there.
Speaker 2: It gives you a lot more confidence still on the
Speaker 2: ball across the endfield knowing that He's gonna give you
Speaker 2: the best chance to make that out there even so
Speaker 2: your throws don't have to be too perfect, so it
Speaker 2: takes pressure off the other guys at the infield and
Speaker 2: you know, going over there. And when I was playing
Speaker 2: first base, I made sure to remind myself that all
Speaker 2: the time. Just you know, pick up these guys on
Speaker 2: bad throws as much as you can. And that's just
Speaker 2: that's the biggest tell of being a good first basement
Speaker 2: is the confidence that your other infielders have on you
Speaker 2: just to catch the ball.
Speaker 1: I love talking baseball with you because you see it
Speaker 1: in such a broad sense. You're not just consumed with yourself.
Speaker 1: It feels like you see the field in a different way.
Speaker 2: Yeah, when you play a lot of positions, you learn
Speaker 2: how to see the game from different perspectives and and
Speaker 2: kind of find different ways to be efficient at that
Speaker 2: position or whatnot. Don't try and be, you know, the
Speaker 2: best possible first basemen ever, the best outfielder ever, best therapy.
Speaker 2: Just just be who you are, put in the work
Speaker 2: and just you know, catch the ball and throw it,
Speaker 2: and that's just kind of the biggest thing.
Speaker 1: Awesome, Thanks Kevin, Thanks a lot for the time. Thanks
Speaker 1: for not big timing me here in Houston, your hometown.
Speaker 2: Yeah the other video does that here not mean okay,