WEBVTT 00:00:11.839 --> 00:00:15.220 Guess what? We finally have game results. The 00:00:15.220 --> 00:00:17.839 Tokyo series is done. Kenji and I are here to 00:00:17.839 --> 00:00:21.379 break it down. And opening day is only six days 00:00:21.379 --> 00:00:28.559 away. Okay, Kenji. the tokyo series is has come 00:00:28.559 --> 00:00:31.019 and gone it was on the calendar it was months 00:00:31.019 --> 00:00:33.579 and months out you know six months ago i guess 00:00:33.579 --> 00:00:37.520 that's how math and time works uh but it passed 00:00:37.520 --> 00:00:39.820 it was fun to watch it was really early in the 00:00:39.820 --> 00:00:42.759 morning but it was in tokyo it's where you're 00:00:42.759 --> 00:00:44.920 from you're from japan you got to see the japanese 00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:49.079 superstars do their thing I want to hear your 00:00:49.079 --> 00:00:51.439 takes on both games, if you had a chance to watch 00:00:51.439 --> 00:00:53.539 them, what you thought about the Cubs, what you 00:00:53.539 --> 00:00:55.100 thought about Shota, what you thought about the 00:00:55.100 --> 00:00:56.960 Dodgers. They kind of dominated the whole time. 00:00:57.159 --> 00:01:00.740 So I'm going to just jump right in and hand it 00:01:00.740 --> 00:01:02.039 straight to you, man. What did you think of the 00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:06.260 Tokyo series? I thought it was a blast. I had 00:01:06.260 --> 00:01:09.519 a good time. I mean, of course, I did not wake 00:01:09.519 --> 00:01:13.400 up at 3 in the morning to watch the games because 00:01:13.400 --> 00:01:18.430 that's a little too early. Did watch both games 00:01:18.430 --> 00:01:22.390 pretty much all the way afterwards. First of 00:01:22.390 --> 00:01:24.409 all, getting to watch baseball without commercials 00:01:24.409 --> 00:01:27.670 and just skipping is pretty nice. Yeah, lovely. 00:01:27.989 --> 00:01:30.129 It's really nice. This has nothing to do with 00:01:30.129 --> 00:01:32.109 the Tokyo series, but in the exhibition games, 00:01:32.390 --> 00:01:34.730 I didn't know if you noticed, but there was no 00:01:34.730 --> 00:01:37.930 pitch clock. Oh, really? I did not notice that. 00:01:38.030 --> 00:01:40.489 Yeah, so you saw that the American pitchers, 00:01:40.510 --> 00:01:43.200 the Cubs and Dodgers pitchers, They were pitching 00:01:43.200 --> 00:01:45.879 at the pitch clock pace, but the Japanese pitchers 00:01:45.879 --> 00:01:48.260 were taking around 20 seconds per pitch. Of course. 00:01:48.400 --> 00:01:51.120 It was really off. Like, it was interesting. 00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:54.299 But it makes sense because their movement is 00:01:54.299 --> 00:01:58.739 so much more, I don't know, extra? Not extra, 00:01:58.840 --> 00:02:01.099 but, like, I don't know. It's artistic, I guess. 00:02:01.140 --> 00:02:04.079 I don't know how to call it without making fun 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:06.079 of my own culture. But, no, the Tokyo Series 00:02:06.079 --> 00:02:10.340 was great. We talked about the trailer. The trailer 00:02:10.340 --> 00:02:12.949 was great as well. They did a really good job 00:02:12.949 --> 00:02:16.689 of just, the whole thing was amazing. It was 00:02:16.689 --> 00:02:19.310 really entertaining, good games. I mean, great 00:02:19.310 --> 00:02:22.849 marketing when you consider the amount of Japanese 00:02:22.849 --> 00:02:26.990 players and how focused in they were. It's crazy, 00:02:27.229 --> 00:02:30.849 yeah. The pitching map ships were fun. Yamamoto 00:02:30.849 --> 00:02:34.490 looked great, to be honest. Sure did. So did 00:02:34.490 --> 00:02:37.310 Shota. Shota looked great as well. He did have 00:02:37.310 --> 00:02:40.879 some walk issues. But I think he's fine. I don't 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:42.580 know if you noticed, but Yamamoto has a two -seamer, 00:02:42.639 --> 00:02:45.259 I think, now. Yeah, a little backdoor. Yeah, 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:47.620 which is perfect because that's what he's been 00:02:47.620 --> 00:02:49.439 needing all last year. I was screaming at him, 00:02:49.460 --> 00:02:51.419 like, just get a new fastball. Get a new fastball. 00:02:51.759 --> 00:02:54.180 Dodgers are so good with that stuff. They did. 00:02:54.379 --> 00:02:56.479 And so Rokey's definitely going to develop one, 00:02:56.520 --> 00:03:00.860 too. But I had a blast watching it. What was 00:03:00.860 --> 00:03:03.870 your thoughts on it? It was great. I mean, I 00:03:03.870 --> 00:03:06.030 am all for growing the game. And I feel like, 00:03:06.030 --> 00:03:08.030 I mean, Jeff Paston said this on the Pat McAfee 00:03:08.030 --> 00:03:09.689 show that baseball has been trying to catch up 00:03:09.689 --> 00:03:13.129 internationally for the last decade. And there 00:03:13.129 --> 00:03:14.990 are a few sports in the world where baseball 00:03:14.990 --> 00:03:21.250 is number one. Japan is one of them, if not the 00:03:21.250 --> 00:03:23.750 only one. And so to get to see their excitement 00:03:23.750 --> 00:03:25.930 for the game, to hear how much the tickets cost, 00:03:26.050 --> 00:03:30.099 which was, I think, $3 ,500 apiece. It was like 00:03:30.099 --> 00:03:32.960 the cheapest get -in price, which is $3 ,500. 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:37.759 No way. Something like that. Yeah, they said 00:03:37.759 --> 00:03:41.379 it was more expensive than the Super Bowl. Holy 00:03:41.379 --> 00:03:44.099 cow. How did anybody afford that? Japan's poor. 00:03:45.340 --> 00:03:49.680 What would 3 ,500 yen be? 3 ,500 yen is like... 00:03:50.229 --> 00:03:52.270 $28 probably? Yeah, no, it was definitely $3 00:03:52.270 --> 00:03:56.830 ,500. Jeez Louise, dude, that's crazy. Cars don't 00:03:56.830 --> 00:03:59.090 even cost that much in Japan. They spent a ridiculous 00:03:59.090 --> 00:04:01.430 amount. That game had been sold out in seven 00:04:01.430 --> 00:04:05.469 minutes, they said, and $3 ,500 for a ticket, 00:04:05.569 --> 00:04:08.909 which is just crazy. I had a blast watching it. 00:04:08.930 --> 00:04:12.069 I, like Kenji, did not get up and watch. I watched 00:04:12.069 --> 00:04:14.909 it after the fact. But, I mean, they were good 00:04:14.909 --> 00:04:17.829 games. They were pretty brisk. Cubs really, like, 00:04:17.850 --> 00:04:19.550 didn't. Looked like they were on the Dodgers 00:04:19.550 --> 00:04:23.430 level the whole time. Kyle Tucker had some good 00:04:23.430 --> 00:04:26.569 at -bats. Shota looked good. The Cubs have a 00:04:26.569 --> 00:04:29.629 couple bullpen guys I like. But the Dodgers, 00:04:29.649 --> 00:04:31.290 this was just kind of a Dodger showcase. This 00:04:31.290 --> 00:04:33.829 was like the Shohei show and let Rookie and Yama 00:04:33.829 --> 00:04:36.490 go do their thing. And thanks, Seiya and Shota, 00:04:36.569 --> 00:04:38.129 for coming along for the ride, but you guys are 00:04:38.129 --> 00:04:41.790 going to lose kind of deal. It was quite a blast 00:04:41.790 --> 00:04:45.029 watching. It was good. Wasn't it? How unprepared? 00:04:45.899 --> 00:04:49.579 Just the severity of the level, the differences 00:04:49.579 --> 00:04:51.480 between the Cubs and the Dodgers. And the Dodgers 00:04:51.480 --> 00:04:53.120 are missing Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman. 00:04:53.339 --> 00:04:56.220 If you look at the Dodgers roster without them, 00:04:56.339 --> 00:04:59.240 you wouldn't call that lineup the best lineup 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:01.680 in baseball. I would take the Phillies lineup, 00:05:01.819 --> 00:05:07.339 the Braves lineup, probably... The Mets? Yeah, 00:05:07.480 --> 00:05:09.800 I guess. I like the Dodgers defense better than 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:13.240 the Mets. But the lineup -wise, yeah. It's nothing 00:05:13.240 --> 00:05:16.769 crazy. It's talented. But when you have Mookie 00:05:16.769 --> 00:05:19.490 and Freddie in it, it becomes the best thing 00:05:19.490 --> 00:05:23.870 around. And yet, it just still seemed like they 00:05:23.870 --> 00:05:26.550 dominated. That's what it felt like. I mean, 00:05:26.550 --> 00:05:28.750 watching it just felt like the Cubs just never 00:05:28.750 --> 00:05:32.089 really were in it. No, and the Dodgers bullpen 00:05:32.089 --> 00:05:36.649 is so good. I mean, I don't think the Cubs scored 00:05:36.649 --> 00:05:39.370 once on the Dodgers bullpen. I'm pretty sure 00:05:39.370 --> 00:05:42.709 you could check me on that. But I'm pretty sure 00:05:42.709 --> 00:05:44.149 – I think I'm going to check you on that. I think 00:05:44.149 --> 00:05:46.430 they did get one run off the Dodger pen. Because 00:05:46.430 --> 00:05:49.910 they got on game two – on game one they got one 00:05:49.910 --> 00:05:53.870 run. It was against Yamamoto. And you have Scott, 00:05:53.990 --> 00:05:56.670 Trinan, Kasperius, I think that's how you say 00:05:56.670 --> 00:06:02.569 it, and Banda or Bonda. Yeah. They pitched shutout 00:06:02.569 --> 00:06:05.480 innings. And then I'll go check. I'm looking 00:06:05.480 --> 00:06:07.139 right now. I'm pulling up the box score. I'm 00:06:07.139 --> 00:06:08.939 going to fact check you on this. Yeah, check 00:06:08.939 --> 00:06:11.839 that. Yeah, Luis Garcia and the dryer kid both 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:14.600 gave up an earned run. Oh, Luis Garcia, I don't 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:16.600 know why he's there. He wasn't that good. Knack 00:06:16.600 --> 00:06:19.579 looked good. Yates looked good. Vessia and Scott 00:06:19.579 --> 00:06:22.899 looked great the night before. So Dodgers are 00:06:22.899 --> 00:06:26.439 going to be fantastic is basically like the takeaway 00:06:26.439 --> 00:06:29.000 is that even without their two, even without 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:32.779 Mookie and Freeman, they still looked. Markedly 00:06:32.779 --> 00:06:35.420 better than the Chicago Cubs, who are the favorite 00:06:35.420 --> 00:06:38.300 to win the NL Central. They're really talented. 00:06:39.139 --> 00:06:41.120 The Cubs are very talented. It just felt like 00:06:41.120 --> 00:06:42.720 there wasn't – I don't know. Maybe it's because 00:06:42.720 --> 00:06:44.540 you know that that Dodger team is just Japanese 00:06:44.540 --> 00:06:46.920 all -stars, but you look at the Cubs and you're 00:06:46.920 --> 00:06:48.500 like, they got two really good Japanese players 00:06:48.500 --> 00:06:53.389 too. I don't know. Really fun series. I'm super 00:06:53.389 --> 00:06:56.410 happy about it. And Rob Manford went on the Cubs 00:06:56.410 --> 00:06:58.009 broadcast and he talked about, you know, the 00:06:58.009 --> 00:07:00.149 WBCs and next year and how the game's trying 00:07:00.149 --> 00:07:02.449 to grow. So that's kind of where I want to pivot 00:07:02.449 --> 00:07:05.009 to next. I want to ask you what the future of 00:07:05.009 --> 00:07:07.110 the Tokyo and these international games are. 00:07:07.189 --> 00:07:10.550 Do you think that, I mean, where else would you 00:07:10.550 --> 00:07:12.230 like to see them go next? That's the first question 00:07:12.230 --> 00:07:13.769 I'll ask. Where do you want to see them go next? 00:07:14.470 --> 00:07:18.449 I heard them talking about, I think it was like 00:07:18.449 --> 00:07:22.779 a reporter. I think he asked Shohei. um they 00:07:22.779 --> 00:07:26.000 had like an interview session for like yamamoto 00:07:26.000 --> 00:07:29.879 tani and sasaki were all on the panel and i think 00:07:29.879 --> 00:07:33.300 uh i think it was taiwan like chinese taipei 00:07:33.300 --> 00:07:36.879 taiwan that'd be fun a taiwan taiwanese lady 00:07:36.879 --> 00:07:39.860 or man i can't remember asked him if he thinks 00:07:39.860 --> 00:07:42.500 they would ever play in taiwan and i mean what 00:07:42.500 --> 00:07:44.519 what is he really supposed to say he was like 00:07:44.519 --> 00:07:48.329 oh taiwan's a great country uh but I'm really 00:07:48.329 --> 00:07:51.750 focused on playing in Tokyo. What is Otani going 00:07:51.750 --> 00:07:55.529 to do with that question? I don't think it'd 00:07:55.529 --> 00:07:59.069 be a good idea to go to Taiwan. I don't know 00:07:59.069 --> 00:08:02.990 if the market is as big as it is in Japan. Korea 00:08:02.990 --> 00:08:05.730 last year was awesome, but I think it's pretty 00:08:05.730 --> 00:08:08.310 obvious the Japanese series was a lot bigger. 00:08:08.569 --> 00:08:12.170 I think they profited a lot more when it comes 00:08:12.170 --> 00:08:16.399 to financial -wise. I wouldn't be shocked if 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:19.279 they were back in Japan next year. They said 00:08:19.279 --> 00:08:20.980 they won't do. They're not doing games next year. 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:24.259 But after the WBC, maybe in 2027, they do some 00:08:24.259 --> 00:08:25.180 international games. Oh, because of the WBC, 00:08:25.199 --> 00:08:26.660 they won't? Yep, they won't do it next year. 00:08:26.699 --> 00:08:30.139 That's fair. I just don't know how you could 00:08:30.139 --> 00:08:33.919 bring the numbers out and be like, hey, playing 00:08:33.919 --> 00:08:38.000 in this country, you know, like Taiwan or going 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:40.340 back to Korea or going somewhere like South America 00:08:40.340 --> 00:08:42.700 is going to be more profitable. Because in the 00:08:42.700 --> 00:08:45.370 end, it's a business. yeah yeah it's fun to see 00:08:45.370 --> 00:08:47.970 but it just makes sense to go to japan because 00:08:47.970 --> 00:08:51.350 japan is the only country that is up there i 00:08:51.350 --> 00:08:53.889 think when it comes to structure wise player 00:08:53.889 --> 00:08:58.549 wise and marketing wise um that even even like 00:08:58.549 --> 00:09:01.730 sniffs the mlb okay so i think it'd be really 00:09:01.730 --> 00:09:03.690 hard for other countries but like dominican republic 00:09:03.690 --> 00:09:05.070 would be fun because there's just so much that 00:09:05.070 --> 00:09:07.149 was the one i was gonna say is the dr i think 00:09:07.149 --> 00:09:09.529 would be crazy you get them like playing all 00:09:09.529 --> 00:09:12.110 their instruments which i was sad i mean i Side 00:09:12.110 --> 00:09:14.009 note, I am going to talk about the Japanese not 00:09:14.009 --> 00:09:16.149 doing all their cheers and things during the 00:09:16.149 --> 00:09:20.009 games. But like the Dominican, go get how crazy 00:09:20.009 --> 00:09:21.909 it was going. Like when they do the lead on series 00:09:21.909 --> 00:09:24.970 that were Caminero took like two minutes around 00:09:24.970 --> 00:09:27.629 the bases and flipped his bat above the top of 00:09:27.629 --> 00:09:31.860 the stadium. Like to get an MLB. like regular 00:09:31.860 --> 00:09:34.080 season games there oh my goodness that'd be fun 00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:35.679 to get some people that are from the dominican 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:40.080 and have like get give me tatis and like the 00:09:40.080 --> 00:09:43.059 braves give me a kunya tatis in the dominican 00:09:43.059 --> 00:09:46.840 to open the season oh my goodness electric it'd 00:09:46.840 --> 00:09:50.720 be so fun so i would love to see that but i agree 00:09:50.720 --> 00:09:52.519 with you i think japan is like one of the prime 00:09:52.519 --> 00:09:54.279 spots to open the season they've done it a bunch 00:09:54.279 --> 00:09:56.299 of times before but never this big where there's 00:09:56.299 --> 00:09:59.000 been this many marketable japanese superstars 00:09:59.799 --> 00:10:01.779 I think it's a phenomenal thing for the sport. 00:10:01.980 --> 00:10:05.639 I mean, Japan has such a crazy appetite for baseball 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:09.080 and they got a little, I mean, we got to see 00:10:09.080 --> 00:10:12.500 it on the national stage. And I think if you 00:10:12.500 --> 00:10:14.000 kind of look at the world, like I said, like 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:17.519 DR and Japan are going to like the two hotspots 00:10:17.519 --> 00:10:19.740 for talent at the moment. And of course there's 00:10:19.740 --> 00:10:21.840 more countries in other Asia, like Korea has 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:24.419 done a pretty good job and a bunch of other countries 00:10:24.419 --> 00:10:26.100 in South America that bring up a bunch of talent. 00:10:26.940 --> 00:10:29.159 But it kind of seemed to go into like Japan and 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:32.139 DR, like the main, I guess Venezuela, I can put 00:10:32.139 --> 00:10:35.240 up there as well, are really giving you the most 00:10:35.240 --> 00:10:38.259 amount of talent. And I don't know if any of 00:10:38.259 --> 00:10:40.500 these players that played on the Giants or the 00:10:40.500 --> 00:10:44.120 Tigers would ever have a chance in playing in 00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:48.539 the majors. But it's helping them make their 00:10:48.539 --> 00:10:51.720 case. Besides the WBC every four years, if you 00:10:51.720 --> 00:10:54.399 go to Japan or DR, you're helping players put 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:58.149 their name out there. I think that's really good 00:10:58.149 --> 00:11:01.110 for the sport as well. And so all in all, it 00:11:01.110 --> 00:11:03.649 was a 10 out of 10 experience. It was awesome. 00:11:03.990 --> 00:11:08.629 Yeah. So then what'd you think? Well, no, I'm 00:11:08.629 --> 00:11:11.429 going to go back to my first point. I heard from 00:11:11.429 --> 00:11:14.250 the Cubs reporter, their sideline reporter, their 00:11:14.250 --> 00:11:18.529 dugout reporter, that the Japanese fans did not 00:11:18.529 --> 00:11:20.330 do their typical, like they have the cheer squad 00:11:20.330 --> 00:11:24.399 there. They did not do that. Because they wanted 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:28.759 to respect the American game, is what they said. 00:11:29.480 --> 00:11:34.519 It was quiet. It was legitimately quiet during 00:11:34.519 --> 00:11:37.539 the actual gameplay. And they said the reason 00:11:37.539 --> 00:11:40.639 for that is because the people who managed the 00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:42.679 cheer squad, I don't know what they're called. 00:11:42.779 --> 00:11:44.500 I don't want to offend anybody by not knowing 00:11:44.500 --> 00:11:47.460 their name, but I don't know their name. They 00:11:47.460 --> 00:11:49.879 said that they didn't want to play to respect 00:11:49.879 --> 00:11:51.460 the American game because they thought Americans 00:11:51.460 --> 00:11:54.129 didn't want... the cheer thing or whatever. And 00:11:54.129 --> 00:11:56.090 so then the Cubs announcers immediately are like, 00:11:56.129 --> 00:11:57.690 well, tell them to start cheering, you know, 00:11:57.690 --> 00:12:01.450 like we want to hear it. You know, so I would 00:12:01.450 --> 00:12:03.110 like to see that. Cause I mean, when you watch 00:12:03.110 --> 00:12:05.250 like Japanese baseball highlights or even when, 00:12:05.269 --> 00:12:09.070 you know, when Japan was playing and then WBC 00:12:09.070 --> 00:12:11.649 a couple of years ago, it's still, it's a rowdy 00:12:11.649 --> 00:12:16.289 environment in there. So I guess the Japanese 00:12:16.289 --> 00:12:18.570 people, I mean, it's widely regarded. They're 00:12:18.570 --> 00:12:21.740 incredibly respectful. Like that's like. that's 00:12:21.740 --> 00:12:25.100 that's just a culture right and so i would like 00:12:25.100 --> 00:12:28.679 to see them be a little bit more like to dive 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:30.639 into that a little bit like we're in japan for 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:32.620 a reason like give us the cheering give us the 00:12:32.620 --> 00:12:35.559 cheer squad like buy into it i thought soul did 00:12:35.559 --> 00:12:39.240 a good job with that last year but i mean what's 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:41.159 your take on that did you even know that do you 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:43.980 even care i knew that they weren't cheering for 00:12:43.980 --> 00:12:46.659 either of the teams they were cheering for players 00:12:47.289 --> 00:12:49.610 Yeah. Anytime Japanese players were up, they 00:12:49.610 --> 00:12:51.769 were cheering. Yeah. Except for Otani, everyone 00:12:51.769 --> 00:12:54.049 was dead silent because they were just so excited 00:12:54.049 --> 00:12:56.070 about everything. Everyone had their phones out. 00:12:56.590 --> 00:13:00.909 And that was awesome to see him go yard. It wasn't 00:13:00.909 --> 00:13:04.490 a homer. What? It wasn't a homer. I thought they 00:13:04.490 --> 00:13:06.450 hit the fan's hand. It was fan interference. 00:13:06.789 --> 00:13:08.169 It should have been a double, but it's okay. 00:13:08.769 --> 00:13:10.769 I don't know how that works. And then people 00:13:10.769 --> 00:13:13.009 were like, I think they showed a clip from last 00:13:13.009 --> 00:13:14.929 year that happened to the Dodgers game. And they're 00:13:14.929 --> 00:13:17.620 like, oh, Dodgers are cheating. And, like, you 00:13:17.620 --> 00:13:19.279 people are on the internet are just so pathetic. 00:13:19.480 --> 00:13:21.879 At that point, I was like, you know what? Give 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:24.039 Shohei the homer, man. He's in Japan. Give him 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:26.340 the homer. But I think a regular season game 00:13:26.340 --> 00:13:27.940 where they have more camera angles of that, I 00:13:27.940 --> 00:13:28.940 think that's a double. So that's how it works. 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:30.720 If the fan touches it, even though if he didn't 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:32.059 touch it, it would have been a homer, it's a 00:13:32.059 --> 00:13:34.799 double? It's usually if the fan touches it and 00:13:34.799 --> 00:13:36.620 it's clearly going to be short of the fence. 00:13:37.559 --> 00:13:39.679 Because it was going to go over, I thought. I 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:42.320 thought it was short. Really? Yeah. Okay. That's 00:13:42.320 --> 00:13:43.779 okay. Either way. I don't know. He got the homer. 00:13:44.429 --> 00:13:48.250 They were cheering. Did you hear the PCA chants? 00:13:48.490 --> 00:13:52.309 Yeah, I heard the PCA. I mean, stuff like that, 00:13:52.350 --> 00:13:53.710 I think it was over there and down there. But 00:13:53.710 --> 00:13:57.169 I wish they would have had chants. But the difficult 00:13:57.169 --> 00:14:00.009 part is that every player in Japan has a specific 00:14:00.009 --> 00:14:02.309 song or chant. I remember you saying that, yeah. 00:14:02.549 --> 00:14:05.309 And so it is a bit harder to have one for a bunch 00:14:05.309 --> 00:14:08.929 of random MLB teams. Americans. Yeah. And so 00:14:08.929 --> 00:14:11.250 I think that probably played a factor into it. 00:14:12.850 --> 00:14:14.250 Fair enough. Yeah, it would have been nice if 00:14:14.250 --> 00:14:16.789 they were cheering. Yeah, I mean, I think next 00:14:16.789 --> 00:14:18.750 time I would like to see that just because it's 00:14:18.750 --> 00:14:20.350 like something that they talk about that happens 00:14:20.350 --> 00:14:22.350 at Japanese baseball games. Prepare more, Japan. 00:14:22.450 --> 00:14:24.809 Come on. I know I've talked to you about wanting 00:14:24.809 --> 00:14:27.009 to go to Japan and wanting to go to an NPV game 00:14:27.009 --> 00:14:29.409 because of that, because of the environment and 00:14:29.409 --> 00:14:31.570 how drastically different it is from, you know, 00:14:31.590 --> 00:14:34.470 just a Tuesday night, you know, American baseball 00:14:34.470 --> 00:14:38.009 game. But I thought it was great for the game. 00:14:38.539 --> 00:14:41.200 I love to see the Japanese players playing at 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:43.039 their home country on the international stage. 00:14:43.799 --> 00:14:45.720 And it was two good teams. Like, I don't know 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:48.039 if this means much to the Cubs. I think you're 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:49.399 just kind of like, all right, whatever. I want 00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:51.860 to flush it. Let's just go, like, actually play 00:14:51.860 --> 00:14:53.179 the regular season. Like, that's probably where 00:14:53.179 --> 00:14:55.059 they're at. And the Dodgers are like, cool, dude, 00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:57.139 we're 2 -0. Let's go. I don't know. It kind of 00:14:57.139 --> 00:14:59.080 sucks for the Cubs because you give up two home 00:14:59.080 --> 00:15:03.320 games for that. I know. That was bogus. I was 00:15:03.320 --> 00:15:05.179 shocked. I'm like, why would you make the Cubs? 00:15:05.259 --> 00:15:07.360 It's so obvious the Dodgers are a home team. 00:15:07.419 --> 00:15:09.559 I was like, why are the Cubs giving up two home 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:11.139 games? I guess they're trying to get an advantage. 00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:13.759 The Dodgers still get two home games. I don't 00:15:13.759 --> 00:15:17.899 know, man. Strange stuff. Yeah. It's like Shohei 00:15:17.899 --> 00:15:19.659 gets to go back to his home country, but it's 00:15:19.659 --> 00:15:25.360 an away game for him technically. Whatever. Whatever. 00:15:28.100 --> 00:15:30.610 But it was good. I want to hear your thoughts 00:15:30.610 --> 00:15:33.269 on Rokey and his outing. Yeah, I wanted to talk 00:15:33.269 --> 00:15:35.029 about that. I want to talk about Rokey because 00:15:35.029 --> 00:15:37.330 he, I mean, phenomenal stuff. We've talked at 00:15:37.330 --> 00:15:39.750 length about his splitter and how nasty it is, 00:15:39.809 --> 00:15:41.570 but what do you think finally getting to see 00:15:41.570 --> 00:15:44.649 him against big league hitters? I mean, the reporters 00:15:44.649 --> 00:15:46.870 were talking, or the broadcasters were talking 00:15:46.870 --> 00:15:51.809 about just him getting worn out, right? And I 00:15:51.809 --> 00:15:55.659 don't know if that's pressure or... Just a different 00:15:55.659 --> 00:15:58.399 environment. But it's the same environment, but 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:01.080 a different situation, different ball. I mean, 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:03.000 there's a thousand factors that go into why he 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:05.940 was that exhausted after three innings. He looked 00:16:05.940 --> 00:16:09.519 winded and definitely gassed, for sure. But I 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:12.240 just think he was anxious. I think so, too. I 00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:14.419 mean, he hasn't probably pitched that seriously 00:16:14.419 --> 00:16:16.840 in a while. Yeah, and the cameras kept panning 00:16:16.840 --> 00:16:19.759 to him, and I was like... You could tell he was 00:16:19.759 --> 00:16:23.519 genuinely freaking out. 23, you know? Yeah, you 00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:25.120 could tell he was genuinely kind of tweaking. 00:16:25.340 --> 00:16:28.059 He looks super anxious. He's touching everything 00:16:28.059 --> 00:16:31.639 too many times. You could definitely see. And 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:33.500 it manifested itself because he did have some 00:16:33.500 --> 00:16:37.919 command problems, but zero doubt that there is 00:16:37.919 --> 00:16:43.259 wicked stuff with Rookie. I heard somebody talking 00:16:43.259 --> 00:16:45.639 about how the Dodgers see him as a complete project. 00:16:46.780 --> 00:16:49.879 They see way more potential in him that they 00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:52.899 can add to, which is scary to think because they 00:16:52.899 --> 00:16:56.159 do such a good job adding repertoires to pitchers. 00:16:56.940 --> 00:16:59.200 So I'm excited. The slider looked really good. 00:16:59.440 --> 00:17:03.000 It's a really good pitch to slide in there. But, 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:05.920 yeah, he's just got to fix his fastball. Yeah, 00:17:05.980 --> 00:17:09.500 fastball command. Command, he needs movement, 00:17:09.640 --> 00:17:12.819 either a sinker or a two -seamer. I know Dodgers 00:17:12.819 --> 00:17:15.789 are really big into sinkers. hopefully they give 00:17:15.789 --> 00:17:19.430 him that an issue i saw towards the end i didn't 00:17:19.430 --> 00:17:21.750 notice it and i don't know if i want to go back 00:17:21.750 --> 00:17:26.990 and watch okay but he's uh he was he was uh i 00:17:26.990 --> 00:17:28.289 don't know if the batter could see it but he 00:17:28.289 --> 00:17:31.069 was giving away his splitter at least on tv oh 00:17:31.069 --> 00:17:35.450 yeah yeah he i noticed on one significant like 00:17:35.450 --> 00:17:38.710 a two strike and it was just so obvious i mean 00:17:38.710 --> 00:17:40.109 it's kind of obvious he was gonna throw a splitter 00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:44.279 But usually you want to change your pitches inside 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:46.339 of your glove, right? But splitters are really 00:17:46.339 --> 00:17:49.339 hard because you have to really put it in there 00:17:49.339 --> 00:17:52.700 between your fingers. So I've never paid attention 00:17:52.700 --> 00:17:55.500 to what other pitchers do. But he's so obviously, 00:17:55.900 --> 00:17:58.279 I mean, the people were all, this is all audio, 00:17:58.359 --> 00:18:01.359 but he had his glove, you know, on his chest 00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:04.440 and his right hand. He was pushing the ball. 00:18:04.940 --> 00:18:08.180 You could see it. Like, on his side. And as a 00:18:08.180 --> 00:18:10.099 batter, I'm like, you have to know what's coming. 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:13.680 And the batter didn't even, like, blink. He knew 00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:17.519 it was coming immediately. Was that only on splitters, 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:18.980 or did he do that for long pitch? Yeah, on splitters, 00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:22.400 he would take a little longer from what I saw. 00:18:22.680 --> 00:18:24.619 From then, I started watching, and it was pretty 00:18:24.619 --> 00:18:26.380 obvious after that. But it was, like, on the 00:18:26.380 --> 00:18:28.099 third inning, so towards the end of his outing. 00:18:28.740 --> 00:18:31.119 He was just pushing it in and then coming up. 00:18:31.549 --> 00:18:34.289 And I was watching him do a fastball and a slider. 00:18:34.450 --> 00:18:37.630 It was a lot more simpler. And so I don't know 00:18:37.630 --> 00:18:40.089 if he does that every outing or every time he 00:18:40.089 --> 00:18:41.509 throws a splitter, but just something that I 00:18:41.509 --> 00:18:44.890 caught. Yeah. Interesting. Probably shouldn't 00:18:44.890 --> 00:18:47.109 be doing. Yeah, I mean, hitters are going to 00:18:47.109 --> 00:18:49.589 pick up on that. I bet he has it fixed for his 00:18:49.589 --> 00:18:52.910 next start. Because it's a pretty simple fix 00:18:52.910 --> 00:18:55.549 for that. It's just grab. Even when I was pitching 00:18:55.549 --> 00:18:58.490 in junior high, they would say, grab every pitch 00:18:58.490 --> 00:19:00.089 like your most complicated one you can throw. 00:19:00.250 --> 00:19:02.710 So if you're going to throw a knuckleball and 00:19:02.710 --> 00:19:04.569 you have to really force your knuckles on the 00:19:04.569 --> 00:19:06.650 ball, that has to be the thing that's in your 00:19:06.650 --> 00:19:08.559 glove every time. So, like, if you have to hold 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:10.319 the ball behind you, it should be in the knuckleball 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:13.299 grip because it's easy to go from that to a fastball 00:19:13.299 --> 00:19:15.660 or easy to go from that to a slider. But it's 00:19:15.660 --> 00:19:17.940 really hard to go from a fastball to a splitter 00:19:17.940 --> 00:19:19.819 without giving it away, that sort of thing. So 00:19:19.819 --> 00:19:22.019 that's kind of the fix. I would presume that 00:19:22.019 --> 00:19:23.720 the Dodgers pick up on that, too, and they're 00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:25.940 going to work with him on it. That's the hard 00:19:25.940 --> 00:19:29.940 thing about Rokey because when he comes set, 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:32.359 his hands are really high up, right? Yeah. I 00:19:32.359 --> 00:19:35.319 was always, when I used to pitch, I would do, 00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:38.650 like, little small things or tweak things. Like 00:19:38.650 --> 00:19:41.329 I would on purposely play with your glove on 00:19:41.329 --> 00:19:43.369 two strikes to make a synagogue on a curve ball. 00:19:43.430 --> 00:19:45.869 And I throw a fastball. Yeah. Everyone's always 00:19:45.869 --> 00:19:47.650 caught off guard when you're 14 years old, you're 00:19:47.650 --> 00:19:51.730 overthinking everything. But I was never a fan 00:19:51.730 --> 00:19:54.549 of coming set with your, with your glove high, 00:19:54.650 --> 00:19:56.170 like by your head. I was always a fan of like 00:19:56.170 --> 00:19:58.329 it kind of down by your chest or your stomach. 00:19:58.410 --> 00:20:00.930 Cause I feel like you, as you're coming down, 00:20:01.029 --> 00:20:02.750 you're able to adjust those pitches a little 00:20:02.750 --> 00:20:05.089 bit better. And then. In Major League, you see 00:20:05.089 --> 00:20:06.769 a lot of pitchers, like, go up and down a couple 00:20:06.769 --> 00:20:09.309 times and, like, adjust their feet. And while 00:20:09.309 --> 00:20:10.509 you're doing that, you're able to adjust those 00:20:10.509 --> 00:20:14.490 pitches. And so, I don't know. I mean, Rogue 00:20:14.490 --> 00:20:15.910 is not going to change the way he pitches because 00:20:15.910 --> 00:20:17.430 he's been pitching like that for a long time. 00:20:17.529 --> 00:20:20.809 But just something I noticed, just thought it 00:20:20.809 --> 00:20:22.609 was interesting. Yeah, no, it's a good catch. 00:20:22.769 --> 00:20:26.009 I had a blast watching him. I'm excited to continue 00:20:26.009 --> 00:20:27.970 to watch his development. I think he's with the 00:20:27.970 --> 00:20:31.369 perfect organization for it. And they just have 00:20:31.369 --> 00:20:33.869 an embarrassment of riches. they could have picked 00:20:33.869 --> 00:20:35.990 anybody to start those games. Like they, they 00:20:35.990 --> 00:20:37.329 won, they went to, you know, they didn't have 00:20:37.329 --> 00:20:38.910 Mookie. They didn't have Freddie and they didn't 00:20:38.910 --> 00:20:41.109 pitch glass. Now they didn't pitch Snell. They 00:20:41.109 --> 00:20:43.990 didn't pitch may. They didn't like, they just, 00:20:43.990 --> 00:20:46.230 the Dodgers are going to be unbelievable this 00:20:46.230 --> 00:20:49.890 year. That was my biggest takeaway is holy cow. 00:20:50.509 --> 00:20:53.529 Like the Cubs are really good, but the Dodgers 00:20:53.529 --> 00:20:55.029 looked like they were on a different level and 00:20:55.029 --> 00:20:56.589 they still didn't have their best guys in, you 00:20:56.589 --> 00:20:59.650 know? So big brother, big brother. Yeah. Everybody's 00:20:59.650 --> 00:21:01.490 going to be playing a second fiddle to them this 00:21:01.490 --> 00:21:08.529 year. Fun stuff. Rest up, Mookie. Mookie dropped 00:21:08.529 --> 00:21:11.630 15 pounds, you said? 15 pounds, yeah. You could 00:21:11.630 --> 00:21:13.990 see it on his interview. He sounded terrible. 00:21:14.329 --> 00:21:16.450 He just looked so skinny, too, when he was warming 00:21:16.450 --> 00:21:20.269 up at shortstop. His body is just... He's lost 00:21:20.269 --> 00:21:21.990 so much muscle. They're saying he's going to 00:21:21.990 --> 00:21:25.230 be ready for opening day. I don't know how that's 00:21:25.230 --> 00:21:31.119 possible when he lost 15 pounds of mass. So, 00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:32.839 I don't know. I wouldn't be surprised if Mookie 00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:34.900 doesn't play for a little while. Because how 00:21:34.900 --> 00:21:36.920 do you gain 15 pounds back in the season, you 00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:40.380 know? It's a lot to get back. It's quick. It's 00:21:40.380 --> 00:21:42.099 a pretty fast turnaround to add 15 pounds in 00:21:42.099 --> 00:21:44.920 a hurry. So, hopefully he's back. And hopefully 00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:48.500 Freddie gets his ribs figured out too. Yeah. 00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:51.720 But if not, I mean, they're still going to be 00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:53.740 fine. They're going to be totally fine. I mean, 00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:55.180 look at what they did. They comfortably beat 00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:57.039 the Cubs, who are favored to win the Central, 00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:59.920 without the two best players. And arguably with... 00:22:00.430 --> 00:22:04.509 their second and fifth best starter. So, like, 00:22:04.670 --> 00:22:08.190 that's what just happened, which is crazy. But 00:22:08.190 --> 00:22:11.349 still a blast to watch. I'm excited to see Shohei 00:22:11.349 --> 00:22:14.890 go up against Scooble opening day. What a matchup 00:22:14.890 --> 00:22:16.210 that'll be. What time does that game start at? 00:22:16.529 --> 00:22:20.009 I don't know. Because we'll be in different cities 00:22:20.009 --> 00:22:22.009 for opening day. I hope that it's, like, late 00:22:22.009 --> 00:22:22.950 so we can watch. I'm going to be in Toronto, 00:22:22.950 --> 00:22:25.980 and I'm going to be in Kansas City. which is 00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:28.700 awesome that'll be my second baseball game i 00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:32.059 ever watch wow what day is opening day a week 00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:35.480 from when we're recording this march 27th 27th 00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:41.180 so i'm looking right now um 7 10 eastern yeah 00:22:41.180 --> 00:22:45.680 okay it's on espn it'll be scoobles snell so 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:49.460 i can't watch this on uh mlb no you can't they'll 00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:51.559 have it on the regional networks too oh okay 00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:56.970 yeah What time is it going to be in Canada? Canada's 00:22:56.970 --> 00:22:58.990 Eastern time. I think Toronto's Eastern. So I'll 00:22:58.990 --> 00:23:01.809 be 7 o 'clock Eastern, so I should be done. And 00:23:01.809 --> 00:23:03.349 Kansas City's just an hour back, so it'll be 00:23:03.349 --> 00:23:08.210 6 o 'clock in Kansas City. Okay. I don't know 00:23:08.210 --> 00:23:11.650 when the Royals game is. The Royals game is at 00:23:11.650 --> 00:23:16.769 4 p .m. Okay. A little before yours. But exciting 00:23:16.769 --> 00:23:19.319 stuff. I can't wait, man. We're going to talk 00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:22.099 more about opening day on Monday or Saturday. 00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:27.000 Yes. Tuesday or. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, whatever. 00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:30.000 Yeah. He's not privy to our recording schedule. 00:23:30.160 --> 00:23:31.619 I just tell him when to show up and he's there. 00:23:31.920 --> 00:23:34.500 Yeah. But yeah, we're going to go into all the 00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:36.920 opening day pitching matchups and we're going 00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:38.660 to rank them or at least like delve into the 00:23:38.660 --> 00:23:41.740 interesting ones. Because opening day, I was 00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:44.099 talking about this to my wife, Maddie. I love 00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:45.539 you. You're probably not listening, but I love 00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:50.650 you. That opening day is a top three day of the 00:23:50.650 --> 00:23:55.430 year for me, the year all around. And I mean, 00:23:55.450 --> 00:23:58.609 I might be alone in that sentiment, but I think 00:23:58.609 --> 00:24:00.009 when you go to Kansas city, you're going to love 00:24:00.009 --> 00:24:02.230 it. I went to Baltimore last year for it and 00:24:02.230 --> 00:24:07.009 I absolutely adored it. Opening day is an incredible 00:24:07.009 --> 00:24:09.750 celebration of baseball. I'm afraid of how much 00:24:09.750 --> 00:24:12.210 money I might spend at the stadium. Yeah. You're 00:24:12.210 --> 00:24:14.519 going to have a problem. They're bringing out 00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:16.519 their powder blue jerseys, I guess, this year. 00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:22.559 Every home Saturday game, they're wearing the 00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:26.799 powder blue Kansas City jerseys. So if I see 00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:30.980 one, and if I see a hat... Wait, do I have that 00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:34.920 one? No, oh, this is... Okay, yeah, I'm going 00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:39.190 to have to buy this one. yeah i'm screwed all 00:24:39.190 --> 00:24:42.069 right for kenji's one i'm screwed yeah i'm gonna 00:24:42.069 --> 00:24:45.150 buy a hat too and we're gonna buy food and whatever 00:24:45.150 --> 00:24:48.670 so yeah pray for my wallet but yeah who cares 00:24:48.670 --> 00:24:51.470 i'm excited for opening day but it's opening 00:24:51.470 --> 00:24:54.690 day it's this it signifies the today is the spring 00:24:54.690 --> 00:24:58.990 equinox if uh my memory serves me correctly but 00:24:58.990 --> 00:25:01.150 spring doesn't really start until baseball starts 00:25:01.150 --> 00:25:04.890 so next a week from today Thursday, March 27th 00:25:04.890 --> 00:25:07.289 is the official start of spring, in my opinion. 00:25:08.809 --> 00:25:13.750 But, yeah, that's the Tokyo series. Kind of all 00:25:13.750 --> 00:25:15.730 we ever talk about. I mean, unless you care about 00:25:15.730 --> 00:25:18.769 Alex Verdugo signing to the Braves. No. Don't 00:25:18.769 --> 00:25:22.250 really care. Tomoyuki Sagano gave up 500 today 00:25:22.250 --> 00:25:25.369 against the Yankees. Oh, that's no good. He got 00:25:25.369 --> 00:25:29.009 shelled today. Jazz Chisholm had like five RBIs 00:25:29.009 --> 00:25:32.500 off of him. I don't play jazz. Everyone's sleeping 00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:34.559 on Jazz. Kenji loves Jazz Chisholm this year. 00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:36.660 Took him third round in our fantasy draft? Third 00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:39.200 round, baby. That's crazy. Second, third base 00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:42.160 outfield eligibility with 40 stolen bases and 00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:45.700 25 homers. 40 stolen bases? Holy cow. Still 40 00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:51.700 last year. That's a lot to project, man. Just 00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:55.259 watch. Just watch. He wants to win a silver slugger 00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:58.259 this year, and I believe it. Okay. Although I 00:25:58.259 --> 00:26:01.460 hate his batting stance. So vulnerable, but whatever. 00:26:02.099 --> 00:26:04.920 That's baseball. He makes millions and I don't. 00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:07.220 So that's right. We're recording here because 00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:09.700 if we were out there, we probably wouldn't be 00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:14.799 here. Good point. Yeah. Maybe we would. Who knows? 00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:16.920 Maybe another lifetime, you know, maybe another 00:26:16.920 --> 00:26:20.319 lifetime. I don't even know. All right. Well, 00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:22.380 we're just rambling at this point. That's all 00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:23.720 we have for the episode. Kenji, do you have any, 00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:25.799 you've been asking questions. Do you have a question 00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:29.759 or are we just sending the people away? I do 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:34.420 have a question. Sure. Shoot. Who was your most 00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:40.099 proud pick in your fantasy draft? I got to pull 00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:42.059 up the roster really fast. That's a good question. 00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:43.880 We had our fantasy draft on Monday, which is 00:26:43.880 --> 00:26:46.380 why we couldn't record this week. It was crazy. 00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:52.200 It was not what we were expecting. My most proud? 00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:56.039 Probably Trey Turner in the fourth round. Yes. 00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:58.960 I had a second -round grade on him, and I got 00:26:58.960 --> 00:27:02.180 him in the fourth. I think you're getting Strider 00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:05.140 and Woodruff was awesome. Yeah, I was happy with 00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:06.920 that a lot. Strider getting him because if he 00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:08.660 comes back and does what he can do, I'm thrilled 00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:10.500 with that. Yeah, I'm so jealous. I should have 00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:12.799 pulled the trigger on him. And you have Contra. 00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:14.960 But your team has a lot of risks in pitching. 00:27:15.279 --> 00:27:17.759 It does. The Brahma, Contra, Strider, and Woodruff 00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:21.039 are all coming off injuries. So pray for his 00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:22.779 arms. But, yeah, Gabe's got a good team this 00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:26.680 year, as always. Pray for my injured reserve. 00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:30.700 Yes, pray for Gunnar Henderson too. Yeah. Dude, 00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:32.960 he might not be ready. Everybody's like, oh, 00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:35.160 he's going to be ready to play. No, he hasn't 00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:36.299 played in spring training yet. We've got like 00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:39.099 three games left. Coach, where is he hitting? 00:27:39.640 --> 00:27:42.099 You're screwed. I know, so I've got to start 00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:45.740 Jackson Holiday. It's short on opening day. They're 00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:47.519 spending all this money to go follow the team 00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:49.980 around, and I get to watch Jackson Holiday and 00:27:49.980 --> 00:27:51.859 Ramon Urias play rather than Gunnar Henderson. 00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:55.130 Oh. You're not going to put Kobe Mayo at third? 00:27:55.390 --> 00:27:57.269 You're going to start Urias at third? After he 00:27:57.269 --> 00:28:00.490 hit 170 in spring training? No, thank you. Oh, 00:28:00.670 --> 00:28:04.029 man. Oh, man. Oh, man. That's the Baltimore Orioles 00:28:04.029 --> 00:28:07.529 for you. Yeah. And that's our show. That's our 00:28:07.529 --> 00:28:09.650 show. And that's our show, everybody. Thanks 00:28:09.650 --> 00:28:12.990 for listening. We're going to be back in at least 00:28:12.990 --> 00:28:15.819 a couple, at minimum. Or no, sorry, at maximum 00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:18.640 a couple days with our breakdowns for the opening 00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:20.579 day pitching matchups. Oh, yeah. Getting everybody 00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:23.299 excited for the season. We are one week away, 00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:26.259 people. One week away. Enjoy March Madness if 00:28:26.259 --> 00:28:28.519 you guys watch basketball this weekend, but next 00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:33.619 week it's all baseball. That's all we got. Thanks 00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:41.720 for the show. We'll talk to you next time. We'll 00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:45.579 talk to you next time. Thank you.